United Nations and U.S. weather monitoring agencies have retired Milton as a recurring tropical storm name, citing the "death and destruction" it caused, as well as three other devastating storms to form in the Atlantic during the 2024 hurricane season.

It was a record-setting hurricane and will rank up there with some of the previous heavy-hitting storms from hurricane seasons having come and gone. Here's a breakdown of all the collected data on the storm itself.

Storm names are given on a rotating alphabetical basis. Particularly deadly or damaging storms have their name removed from the rotation.

Brianna, Holly, Miguel will replace Beryl, Helene and Milton on the rotating list of hurricane names. When a storm name is retired from the Atlantic's list, member countries of the WMO from that region select a new name.

Weather officials removed Beryl, Helene, Milton, and John from future storm lists after these hurricanes killed 370 people and caused $112 billion in damage in 2024. Beryl, Helene and

Hurricane names Beryl, Helene and Milton have been retired. The names Brianna, Holly and Miguel will replace them.

Nearly six months after Hurricane Milton devastated Tampa Bay, the storm is now officially considered one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record.