Before passing almost directly over the Houston region on July 8, when it caused widespread power outages and contributed to dozens of deaths, Hurricane Beryl devastated multiple Caribbean islands and was the earliest Category 5 storm on record in the Atlantic basin.

Typically, names are repeated every six years. But once a hurricane becomes deadly, the name is retired from the list.

The organization tasked with maintaining rotating lists of hurricane names has retired the monikers of three of 2024's most destructive storms.