BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) Hurricane Committee has retired the name Melissa from its rotating list of Atlantic storm names following the death and ...

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A world hurricane committee voted to retire Melissa as a hurricane name, and chose Molly as the replacement in 2031.

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There will never be another Hurricane Melissa as the World Meteorological Organization’s Hurricane Committee has retired ‘Melissa’ from its rotating list of names used each hurricane season. It is ...

The World Meteorological Organization has retired the name “Melissa” after the deadly 2025 storm killed over 90 in Jamaica.

The storm bearing the name “Melissa” was so deadly and damaging that the name will never be used again. It has become the ...

The retirement follows the record-breaking storm's deadly impact on Jamaica and the Caribbean in October 2025. The name Molly will replace it when the list cycles back in 2031.

The WMO has retired the name Melissa from its Atlantic basin naming lists after the Category 5 system became the strongest ...