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

A tropical wave in the central Atlantic Ocean shows signs of organizing as it makes its way west toward the Caribbean Sea.

Names alternate between masculine and feminine, and the pool was chosen to reflect the diversity of the Atlantic basin by drawing from the English, Spanish, and French languages. The lists skip Q, U, X, Y, and Z for lack of common names beginning with those letters.

The Atlantic hurricane season is June 1st through Nov. 30th.

Although no immediate land threat exists from either Gabrielle or the forming Humberto, the increase in tropical activity underscores how quickly conditions in the Atlantic basin can change. September is historically the most active month of the hurricane season, which officially runs through November 30.

MIAMI – We may be entering the final weeks of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, but tropical activity is still possible as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) monitors a new area for possible development. The NHC highlighted an area off the coast of ...