Igor was the fourth tropical cyclone in the Atlantic reaching hurricane intensity.
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The last named hurricane in 2010 was Hurricane Tomas.
Oddly enough no hurricane made landfall in the U.S. in 2010. The closes we came was when Hurricane Earl sideswiped the Atlantic coast.
The first tropical storm of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season was Hurricane Alex.
It gets retired.
Bonnie
Bonnie
Yes. Hurricane Richard was a category 2 storm that struck Belize in October 2010.
Fiona (2010) Franklin (2011) Florence (2012) Fernand (2013) Fay (2014)
The Atlantic tropical storm with a name starting with B was Bonnie, however, this storm never reached hurricane strength.
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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.