The World Meteorological Organization is retiring the name "Helene" from hurricane name list. The agency is also striking "Milton" and "Beryl" from its list.

Milton came on the heels of Helene, bringing high winds, flooding and tornadoes to cause $34.3 billion in damage, almost all of it in Florida. Beryl, which in June because the earliest Category 5 storm to form in a season, killed 68 people in the United States, Grenada, Venezuela, Jamaica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Early warnings reduced death tolls, WMO says "The work of the Hurricane Committee is critical to ensuring that everyone in the region across the Atlantic and east Pacific basins i