A Record-Breaking Hurricane Season
All the warning signs for a bad hurricane season were present, and yet somehow this year exceeded even the worst forecasts. It began early and ran nearly to the wire, with powerful storms forming as late as mid-November. All told, a record-setting 30 named storms formed in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico. A record dozen of them made landfall in the U.S. A record one of them made it all the way to Lake Superior. A one-two punch of November storms in Central America have also created a humanitarian disaster that’s still unfolding. Hurricane season is officially over, and the calendar will soon turn to 2021, but the impacts will be with us for years or even decades to come.
