Melissa’s Legacy Lives On As WMO Plans To Retire Her Name
• The WMO is retiring Hurricane Melissa's name after its devastating Category 5 landfall in Jamaica.
• Melissa joins a 'hall of infamy' with other infamous hurricanes like Katrina, Maria, and Michael.
• The retirement highlights the need for climate resilience and disaster preparedness in the face of extreme weather.
WMO retires Melissa's name after catastrophic landfall
The legacy of Hurricane Melissa will endure as the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) plans to retire her name from future storm name lists. This decision follows Melissa's catastrophic Category 5 landfall in Jamaica, which unleashed unprecedented devastation across the Caribbean. The WMO traditionally retires the names of storms that are particularly deadly or destructive to prevent any potential confusion or insensitivity in subsequent years.
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