Hurricane Fran - Retirement

Retirement

See also: List of retired Atlantic hurricane names

Because of the damage in North Carolina and elsewhere in the United States, the name Fran was retired in the spring of 1997, and will never again be used for another Atlantic hurricane. It was replaced with Fay in the 2002 season.

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