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

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The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season was quiet for Florida, but Hurricane Melissa set records and caused 95 deaths, including two in Florida.

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