COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Sandy retired from list of Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone names
Description: Sandy has been retired from the official list of Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone names by the World Meteorological Organization's hurricane committee because of the extreme impacts it caused. Storm names are reused every six years for both the Atlantic and eastern North Pacific basins. If a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of the name would be insensitive or confusing. Sandy was a classic late-season hurricane in the southwestern Caribbean Sea. [Source: NOAA News]
URL: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2013/20130411_sandynameretiredt.html
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Source: NOAA News
Publish Date: 5/6/2013
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