When it comes to retired hurricane names, one letter stands out

As meteorologists track Idalia, which is expected to strengthen into a formidable and dangerous hurricane before bearing down on Florida, they have noted that some of the most notorious tropical storms in history have begun with the letter "I." Just in recent years, Ian, Ida and Irma all wreaked havoc and left behind death and destruction in the United States. Since 1954, 96 tropical storm names have been retired in the Atlantic, which occurs when storms reach a certain threshold and are conside