Just an easier way to track them. When they say Hurricane Andrew, Charlie, Wilma etc, most people know which storms they are, as opposed to Hurricane 10-2024 or whatever.
It’s calmed some, but they water in the gulf is warm and feeds these storms this time of year.
It's more recognizeable when they're current for sure. But after a while, the name by date and location(s) makes more sense.
If I say "hurricane Fran" most people would probably not be able to picture anything. But if I said hurricane -cape verde- August 23rd, 1996.
You know the time and place.
It's like teaching our grandkids about ice storm 98 - north east of north America... Rather than calling it ice storm Steve.
Or take the may 2022 Canadian derecho. If it was just called derecho Bob...years later, people won't know when it happened or where or why it's called that.