Record-setting hurricane season nears its end
Monday, December 1, 2008 - 12:07
in Earth & Climate
Six consecutive named storms -- Dolly, Edouard, Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike -- struck the U.S. mainland in 2008, racking up at least $10.6 billion in losses. The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, which ends Sunday, seemed to strike the United States and Cuba as if on redial, setting at least five weather records for persistence and repeatedly striking the same areas.
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