Isis was removed from the official list of future Pacific hurricane names by the UN's World Meteorological Organization, a WMO spokeswoman announced on Friday. The WMO Hurricane Committee deemed the name inappropriate because of the eponymous militant group. As the name of an ancient goddess of Egypt, Isis had been on the WMO list of names for hurricanes in 2016. Isis was deemed inappropriate and removed from the hurricane list by the UN's World Meteorological Organization. As the name of an ancient goddess of Egypt, Isis had been on the WMO list of names for 2016 . The Hurricane Committee also backed Mexico's request to retire the name Odile because of the storm (above) ISIS is also used to describe the Islamic State militant group, whose forces have captured large swathes of Iraq and Syria. The group stands accused of committing brutal atrocities against civilians by UN war crimes investigators. Spokeswoman Clare Nullis said from Geneva: 'The Hurricane Committee removed the name Isis from the rotating list and agreed to replace it with Ivette.' 'Names are knocked off the list, which rotates every six years, if they are considered inappropriate if they caused too much damage and too much death.' She added that this was not the case with Isis. The WMO has rotating lists of storm names for various regions that run from A to Z alternating between male and female. The proposal by the WMO regional center was endorsed by the committee. The group, which is composed of experts from 27 member states and territories, was meeting in Costa Rica this week. ISIS stands accused of committing brutal atrocities against civilians by UN war crimes investigators . The Hurricane Committee also backed Mexico's request to retire the name Odile and decided on Odalys as its replacement to be used for the 2020 season. Odile hit the popular beach resorts of Baja California last September, stranding thousands of tourists, knocking out power and causing heavy flooding. 'Tropical cyclone activity during the 2014 eastern North Pacific hurricane season was well above normal,' according to the WMO. 'Most of the tropical cyclones formed from tropical waves which moved from the Caribbean Sea to the eastern North Pacific. 'Of the 20 tropical storms that formed, 14 became hurricanes, and eight reached major hurricane strength. 'The hurricane total is the second highest on record for the basin and the number of major hurricanes ties the record for the most. 'By comparison, the 1981-2010 averages are 15 tropical storms, eight hurricanes and four major hurricanes.'
Name of ancient goddess of Egypt was on WMO list for hurricanes in 2016 . Organization deemed name inappropriate and replaced it with name Ivette . WMO has rotating lists of names for various regions that run from A to Z . Mexico requested to retire name Odile and Odalys will be its replacement .