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Another Atlantic hurricane season has come and gone so here's a review of the third most active season on record.
Zach Maloch, WRAL meteorologist
Tuesday marks the final day of the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The forecast at the beginning of the season was that it would be more active than normal - and it ended up being our third most active season on record.
Elizabeth Gardner, WRAL meteorologist
Nov. 30 is the last day of the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The forecast was for a more active season than normal -- and it was. Elizabeth Gardner is in the WRAL Severe Weather Center with a look back at the third most active season on record.
2021 is only the third hurricane season meteorologists have gone through the entire list of names.
The waters across the Atlantic Ocean have been mostly calm. There hasn't been widespread panic to buy plywood, sandbags or generators in weeks. The National Hurricane Center's Twitter account hasn't shared an active-storm message for the Atlantic since Oct. 9, and there have been no warnings or threats along the Gulf Coast and East Coast since.
Derrick Bryson Taylor, New York Times
In contrast, La Niña means drier and warmer-than-average conditions usually prevail in the South.
Brandon Miller and Judson Jones, CNN
So far, the Atlantic hurricane season has seen 20 named storms -- seven becoming hurricanes and four becoming major hurricanes.
Tropical Depression Seventeen intensified into Tropical Storm Rose Sunday afternoon, about 370 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands, says the National Hurricane Center.
Hannah Gard, CNN Weather
Tropical Storm Peter formed in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Caribbean on Sunday, forecasters said, announcing the 16th named storm of the 2021 season.
The New York Times, New York Times
We've already had 14 named storms, the average for an entire Atlantic hurricane season, and there are still 77 days left.
Jessica Patrick, WRAL multiplatform producer, and Aimee Wilmoth, WRAL weather executive producer
Nicholas is headed for land in Texas and on a path to bring up to 20 inches of rain to parts of the Gulf Coast, including Louisiana.
Tropical Storm Mindy made landfall on the Florida Panhandle Wednesday night. According to the National Hurricane Center, the storm touched down over St. Vincent Island, about 10 miles west southwest of Apalachicola.
Hurricane Larry, currently way off in the Atlantic, is expected to become a major hurricane this weekend.
WRAL Severe Weather Center
Flooding has been in the forefront of national news weather headlines.
Peta Sheerwood, WRAL meteorologist
Hurricane Ida was rapidly intensifying early Sunday, becoming a dangerous Category 4 hurricane on track for a potentially devastating landfall on the Louisiana coast.
Rapid intensification is a phrase commonly heard in August, September and October - the peak months of the Atlantic hurricane season.
WRAL meteorologist Zach Maloch
Tropical Storm Henri hit the coast of Rhode Island Sunday, packing high winds that knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and bands of rain that led to flash flooding from New Jersey to Massachusetts.
As Rhode Island prepares for Henri, store shelves are cleared of storm essentials like generators, gas cans and batteries. Gas stations were busy, and people prepared for power outages.
The National Hurricane Center said Friday that tropical depression seven formed in the Atlantic. The system is likely to become Tropical Storm Grace by Saturday as it moves through the Caribbean.
Do you have a beach or tropical vacation planned at the end of July? You can breathe a sigh of relief!
Kat Campbell, WRAL meteorologist
The State Emergency Response Commission will meet Friday for updates on hurricane season, COVID-19 vaccines other items.
Jessica Patrick, WRAL multiplatform producer
Many residents are finishing up preparations as Tropical Storm Elsa will arrive into North Carolina in just a matter of hours.
WRAL News
North Carolina is seeing flash flooding and wind gusts as Tropical Storm Elsa moves through.
As Hurricane Elsa gains strength, the City of Raleigh is working behind the scenes to prepare for potential flooding.
Tropical Storm Elsa is moving north-northwest, bringing heavy rain and gusty winds to the lower and middle Florida Keys.
