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After an 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, the World Meteorological Organization is retiring the names of three particularly devastating storms that broke records and made history: Beryl, Helene and Milton. 

The World Meteorological Organization's Hurricane Committee, which oversees storm names, that the names were retired "because of the death and destruction these storms caused in 2024."

Each year, the National Hurricane Center moves through an alphabetical list of names that are attributed to the storms that reach tropical storm or hurricane status. When there are more named storms in a season than there are letters in the English alphabet, the NHC pivots to a supplemental list of names.

Name lists are recycled every six years —  is identical to the one used in 2019 — but some names are retired after they're assigned to major hurricanes. 

The names Beryl, Helene and Milton will be replaced by Brianna, Holly and Miguel on future lists, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

Hurricane Beryl 

Hurricane Beryl made history in early July as the earliest Category 5 hurricane ever to form in the Atlantic. 

It hit parts of the Caribbean at Category 4 strength in June, and later tore through the Yucatan Peninsula and brought significant storm surge and flooding to parts of Texas and the Louisiana coast.

Beryl is responsible for 34 deaths, according to the World Meteorological Organization. 

Hurricane Helene

Hurricane Helene hit Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm with winds of 140 mph on Sept. 26 after rapidly intensifying over the Gulf of Mexico.

The monster storm was among history's largest hurricanes in physical size and brought catastrophic flooding and widespread wind damage along its path, from the Gulf Coast to southern Appalachia and North Carolina.

Helene was the deadliest hurricane to affect the continental U.S. since Katrina in 2005, causing more than 248 deaths, according to the World Meteorological Organization. 

Hurricane Milton 

Hurricane Milton made a name for itself in October as one of the most intense storms ever to form after intensifying at a rate that stunned hurricane researchers, with a 90 mph increase in wind speeds in just 24 hours.

Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key, Florida, and was responsible for 15 deaths.