It gets retired.
Storm surges, wind, and water
Hurricane Sandy was an unusually large and powerful storm and its great destructive potential was recognized days before its final landfall. Sandy merged with a non-tropical storm system in a manner similar to the Perfect Storm of 1991 and it technically was no longer a hurricane when it made landfall in New Jersey.
They aren't. A hurricane's name is retired if the storm is particularly deadly or destructive. Some years there are no hurricanes with a significant enough impact for their names to be retired. Most seasons, though, have enough storms that chances are at least one will have a severe impact somewhere.
The strongest winds in a hurricane in the northern hemisphere are found on the right side of the storm...this is with respect to the direction the storm is moving. For instance, if the storm is moving north, the right side would be the eastern side of the storm. This is reversed in the southern hemisphere.
Hurricane names come up for reuse once every six years until they are retired. Names are retired when a storm is particularly deadly or destructive. Some names are not used so often, as storm names are assigned in alphabetical order and a season does not usually go through the full list of allotted names.
It gets retired.
Hurricane
Storm surges, wind, and water
There is no particular length of time. A hurricane name is available for re-use every six years until a storm of that name is particularly deadly or destructive, in which case the name is replaced (e.g. Katrina was replaced with Katia)
Hurricane is a violent tropical storm. In a hurricane winds spiral round very rapidly.
Hurricane Sandy was a newsworthy event because it was an extremely large, dangerous, and destructive storm that showed unprecedented behavior.
Yes. Hurricane Andrew was one of the most destructive hurricanes on record, so no future storm will be named Andrew.
Hurricane
Hurricane Ike was the third most destructive hurricane to ever make landfall in the United States. It was the ninth named storm, fifth hurricane and third major hurricane of 2008.
A hurracan or a storm.
Hurricane Sandy was an unusually large and powerful storm and its great destructive potential was recognized days before its final landfall. Sandy merged with a non-tropical storm system in a manner similar to the Perfect Storm of 1991 and it technically was no longer a hurricane when it made landfall in New Jersey.
A category 5 is the strongest hurricane. Such a storm has the strongest winds and usually produces a very high storm surge.