Usually the name will become available to name another storm in six years. If the storm is particularly bad the name will be retired and replaced with another name of the same gender and first letter.
If a hurricane is particularly destructive, its name can be retired to avoid any negative association with future storms. The name is replaced with a new one to be used in the following hurricane season rotation. This helps to ensure that the name of a destructive storm is not used again.
Igor was the fourth tropical cyclone in the Atlantic reaching hurricane intensity.
It gets retired.
Hurricane Kaylee has not been used as an official name for any tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin. It is possible that the name Kaylee was used in a different region or for a different year outside of the Atlantic hurricane naming lists.
There has not been a hurricane Angie in the Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, or Central Pacific basins. The name Angie has not been used as an official hurricane name.
The name 'Glenda' has been used more than once for indicating a hurricane. There was a hurricane Glenda in 1963 and there was a hurricane Glenda in 1969.
Yes. Normally a hurricane name can be re-used once every six years.
Yes. The name Ivan was retired in 2004, to be replaced by Igor, which was used for the first time this year.
In the North Atlantic region, the name to be used prior to Sandy was Rafael.See the link below for more:
Yes, there was a Hurricane Judith in October of 1959.
No, there has not been a hurricane named Kendall. Hurricane names are predetermined by the World Meteorological Organization, and "Kendall" has not been used as a hurricane name in recent years.
Yes, many have. The name Arlene has been used seven times and will be used for an eight time, possibly more.