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The World Meteorological Organization is retiring the names because the storms were so "deadly or costly" that using the names in the future would be inappropriate.

It caused $125 billion in damage, according to a new report from the National Hurricane Center, and broke U.S. rainfall records. At least 68 people died as a result of the storm.

Hurricane Maria, the strongest hurricane to have hit the island in decades, is believed to have taken down critical high-voltage power lines. Gov. Ricardo Rosselló says repairs could take months.

The National Hurricane Center warns that the storm now barreling toward the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico is a Category 5 hurricane with winds of around 175 miles per hour.

More than a hundred people died as Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas. The National Hurricane Center says the Category 4 storm will near the U.S. coast late Thursday or early Friday.

The storm is expected to hit Florida before crossing overland toward the Carolinas. If it follows predictions, it will be the first hurricane in 11 years to make landfall in Florida.

What was the most powerful storm ever recorded in the eastern Pacific or Atlantic basin has slammed into Mexico's central Pacific coast. The storm is now a bit weaker but still a powerful Category 5.

There were scenes of fast-moving water in the streets on the island of Dominica after the storm dumped 9 inches of rain in a few hours. It could hit Florida as a Category 1 hurricane next week.

A major hurricane hasn't hit the U.S. since 2005. There hasn't been a lull that long since 1861 to 1868 — when Abraham Lincoln was president.