The World Meteorological Organization has retired the name Melissa from the list of hurricane names.

No more Hurricane Melissa, ever. World Meteorological Organization officially retired the name. Weather event acted like a tornado and caused 90 deaths ...

When a storm is particularly powerful, destructive or deadly, the name is "retired" from the rotating list, meaning it will never be used again.

Melissa's strongest maximum sustained winds were found to have reached 190 mph, tying 1980's Hurricane Allen for the strongest sustained winds on record for any Atlantic Basin hurricane. Hours later, ...

We'll never see another Hurricane Melissa in the Atlantic Ocean. Experts with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ...

The World Meteorological Organization on Wednesday retired the name Melissa after the Category 5 storm devastated the Caribbean last year.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has officially retired the name “Melissa” from the rotating list of Atlantic tropical cyclone names, marking a historic milestone. The retirement makes ...

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

A committee agreed to retire the name after Hurricane Melissa hit the Caribbean in October 2025 as a Category 5, USA Today reported. “At its peak, Melissa was classified as a category 5 storm based on ...