Storm names are considered for retirement if they have a tremendous impact on life and property — and both these storms produced widespread devastation.
Ian first appeared on the storm names list in 2016, replacing Igor, a storm that struck Newfoundland in 2010. Fiona was added in 2010, in place of Frances, which struck the Bahamas and eastern Florida in 2004, also delivering heavy rain to Georgia and the Carolinas.
Fiona and Ian join a list of 94 other storm names the organization has retired to avoid any confusion between future cyclones and the two deadliest and most devastating tropical systems of 2022. In the Atlantic basin, there areby far — Ian is the 13th. The others were: Ione ’55, Inez ’66, Iris 2001, Isidore ’02, Isabel ’03, Ivan ’04, Ike ’08, Igor 2010, Irene ’11, Ingrid ’13, Irma ’17 and Ida ’21.
The storm names come from a WMO committee composed of meteorology and hydrology experts from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Official storm naming began in 1953 to ease communication around storm warnings and thus protect lives and property from life-threatening conditions. Predictions for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, which starts June 1, will begin coming out in the next several weeks. Forecasters are predicting the probable development of the El Niño climate pattern, which tends to somewhat reduce Atlantic hurricane activity.
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