Why we’ll never have to worry about another Hurricane Helene
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Hurricane Helene was so nasty last year that the name is being retired, along with Milton and Beryl.
The World Meteorological Organization on Wednesday officially replaced the names of the 2024 storms that killed more than 300 people and caused more than $119 billion in damage.
Brianna, Holly and Miguel take their place in the rotating six-year list of names for Atlantic storms set in advance by a committee of international meteorologists.
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Retiring the names of killer storms is a regular practice, and the list is approaching 100.
Helene was by far the deadliest and most expensive of the trio with its flooding claiming 249 lives, including dozens in the CSRA.
It also was the seventh most expensive storm in American history, leaving debris and home damage that still linger in Augusta, six months after the storm stuck on Sept. 27, shocking local residents by remaining so strong this far inland.
The storm took a $78.7 billion toll in a swath stretching from Florida to North Carolina.
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