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Tropical storms and hurricanes are named by the National Hurricane Center by using a six year rotating list of male and female names. Whenever, there is a powerful hurricane such as Hurricane Andrew (1992), which makes landfall and causes death and damages, the name is then retired from the list to avoid future confusion.
