The US Commerce Department decided that hurricane names would no longer be only female.
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Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida.
Hurricane San Ramón was the second of three hurricanes in a row to pass through and destroy houses and plantations across Puerto Rico, Barbados, Saint Kitts, and Nevis.
The Pointe-à-Pitre hurricane hit Guadeloupe killing 6,000 people.
An extreme category 5 hurricane called Gilbert hit Jamaica, with the eye of the storm being 15 miles wide.
Hurricane Hazel hit the American East Coast and became the worst to hit North America.