Meteorologists are retiring the name Ida from the list of Atlantic hurricane names.
Last year's Ida was the fifth costliest U.S. storm on record, causing $75 billion in damage and killing 55 people.
Ida, a category four storm, caused about $55 billion in flooding damage and killed six people in Louisiana when it made landfall, but its The WMO has retired 94 hurricane names in the Atlantic because of a storm’s deadly history and 12 of them started with the letter I. No other letter is even close.There have been nine C and F named storms, said University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy who tracks retired names.
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