Environmental

Two Tropical Cyclone Names Retired from List of Atlantic Storms

Washington, D.C>–(ENEWSPF)–March 16, 2011.

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Hurricane Igor as it strikes Newfoundland on September 21.

Hurricane Igor as it strikes Newfoundland on September 21. (Credit: NOAA)

Two tropical cyclone names in the Atlantic were retired from the official name rotation by the World Meteorological Organization’s hurricane committee because of the deaths and damage they caused in 2010. The committee issues the list of potential names for tropical cyclones to be used every six years for both the Atlantic and eastern North Pacific basins.

The names Igor and…

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