3 New Inductees in Hurricane Hall of Infamy

The names used to designate three of 2007's most destructive and deadly hurricanes will be retired, the World Meteorological Organization announced Wednesday.

The names Dean, Felix and Noel will never be used again to name storms in the Atlantic basin. Since tropical storms were first given names in 1953, 70 have been retired.

Here's a quick reminder about why these three storms deserve to live in infamy.

Hurricane Dean

NASA

Hurricane Dean, the first Atlantic storm to make Category 5 landfall since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, made landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula on Aug. 21, 2007, packing sustained winds of 165 mph. It was still a Category 2 storm when it passed the Gulf of Campeche and made a second landfall near Tecolutla. All told, at least 44 people died.

Hurricane Felix

NASA

Hurricane Felix made landfall just 12 days later with fierce 160 mph winds in Nicaragua, making Dean and Felix the first back-to-back storms to make Category 5 landfalls in recorded history. Nearly 100 people died.

Hurricane Noel

NASA

The deadliest storm of the 2007 season, Hurricane Noel killed 122 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Here's a look at the storm names to fear this year:

2008 Atlantic Tropical Storm/ Hurricane Names

Arthur
Bertha
Christobal
Dolly
Edouard
Fay
Gustav
Hanna
Ike
Josephine
Kyle
Laura
Marco
Nana
Omar
Paloma
Rene
Sally
Teddy
Vicky
Wilfred

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