Hurricane season officially came to an end on Nov. 30, and for the first time in 10 years, no hurricane made landfall in the United States.
While the Atlantic’s annual cyclones still left their mark on a large portion of the East Coast, especially North Carolina, and wreaked havoc across neighboring nations in the Caribbean, this year’s storm count stood in stark contrast to last year’s devastation, which included Hurricanes Beryl, Helene, and Milton.
“For the first time in a decade, not a single hurricane struck the U.S. this season, and that was a much-needed break,” Neil Jacobs, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s administrator, said in a news release. “Still, a tropical storm caused damage and casualties in the Carolinas, distant hurricanes created rough ocean waters that caused property damage along the East Coast, and neighboring countries experienced direct hits from hurricanes.”…