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Four names have been removed from the lists of hurricane names maintained by the World Meteorological Organization.
These hurricanes of 2024 were either so destructive and/or deadly that an international committee retired their names from use in future hurricanes. That's happened many times in the past 70-plus ...
John Milton died 350 years ago, leaving behind Paradise Lost, a poem composed in a state of deep despair. Blind, alone, and ...
Doubtless because of the link between what John Milton called the “Blest Pair of Sirens…Voice and Verse”, a similar effect ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The World Meteorological Organization announced Tuesday that the names of deadly hurricanes Beryl, Helene, Milton and John will be retired, meaning they will no longer be in ...
John Milton Smith was born in Furrh, Louisiana, on Oct. 28, 1872. The Blanchard Furrh Road in Caddo Parish still passes through what remains of the village, which had a post office during its heyday.
Four names from the 2024 hurricane season – Beryl, Helene, Milton and John – were so destructive and deadly that they will no longer be used to name future tropical storms or hurricanes in the ...