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Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate are now hurricane names that won’t be repeated. The World Meteorological Organization’s Region IV Hurricane Committee officially retired the four names on Thursday. The decision was made following the extensive hurricane damage to the United States and Caribbean in 2017. MORE: Hurricane Irma full coverage According to NOAA, storm names are retired if the storms were deadly and destructive. Otherwise names are used on a six-year cycle. Harold, Idalia, Margot and Nigel are the names that will replace those retired The retirement by the WMO hurricane committee of 2017's Harvey, Irma, Maria & Nate brings the number of names retired from the Atlantic basin to 86. Names were first given to tropical storms in 1953. @NOAA @NWS @NHC_Atlantic https://t.co/CVg6ADhIDT pic.twitter.com/2plQQOE7aF — National Hurricane Center (@NWSNHC) April 12, 2018 MORE: 2018 predicted to have above-average hurricane season