WASHINGTON — Hurricanes Helene, Milton and Beryl were so nasty last year that their names are being retired.

Hurricane names Beryl, Helene and Milton have been retired. The names Brianna, Holly and Miguel will replace them.

Milton came on the heels of Helene, bringing high winds, flooding and tornadoes to cause $34.3 billion in damage, almost all of it in Florida. Beryl, which in June because the earliest Category 5 storm to form in a season, killed 68 people in the United States, Grenada, Venezuela, Jamaica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.