When a storm is particularly powerful, destructive or deadly, the name is “retired” from the rotating list, meaning it will never be used again.

Every year, the World Meteorological Organization decides which tropical systems were so disastrous, their names are retired ...

Downed timber left in the wake of Hurricane Helene, a devastating storm that struck in September, has also been fueling the fires' spread, officials have said. “The amount of downed debris and ...