Maleny Weather

Four hurricane names retired
Three hurricane names in the Atlantic—Gustav, Ike and Paloma—and one in the eastern North Pacific—Alma—have been retired from the official name rotation by the WMO Hurricane Committee because of the deaths and damage they caused in 2008. The Committee issues the list of potential names for tropical cyclones to be used every six years for both ocean basins. These names would have been used again in 2014 and will be replaced by Gonzalo, Isaias, Paulette and Amanda, respectively.