Hurricane Gustav - Retirement

Retirement

See also: List of retired Atlantic hurricane names

Because of the damage and deaths, on April 22, 2009, the name Gustav was retired by the World Meteorological Organization, and won't be used again. It will be replaced with Gonzalo in 2014.

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