Hurricane Irene was a large and destructive storm, so the name was retired from the list and Irma took its place. Maria and Irma's Impact on the Virgin Islands. September was an extremely active hurricane month for the North Atlantic Basin with five hurricanes — four of which were major hurricanes. The 2017 East Pacific hurricane season had 18 named storms, including nine hurricanes, four of which became major. hurricane season 2017 The 2017 hurricane season has caused unprecedented levels of destruction across the Caribbean. 3. At the start of the 2017 season, meteorologists were unsure whether the AMO was still in a warm phase, ... Fifteen storms in 2005 were hurricanes, with seven being major hurricanes. Harvey, Irma and Maria made the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season memorable. The first recorded tropical cyclone to affect the area that is now the state of Florida occurred in 1523, when two ships and their crews were lost along the western coastline. The 2017 hurricane name list is almost the same as the 2011 hurricane name list. Will the future bring worse? 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Recap: 17 Moments We'll Never Forget 1. Seven of the 2017 Atlantic Ocean Hurricane/Storms directly impacted the United States. Weekly Regional Rainfall ending August 30 th, 2017. The 2017 East Pacific hurricane season had 18 named storms, including nine hurricanes, four of which became major. From above the Earth and on the ground, photos and mapping help explain why this year's storms were so destructive, ... 22 major hurricanes struck land around the Northern Hemisphere in 2018. (TNS) - The 2017 hurricane season, which ends Thursday, will go down as one of the most active and destructive of all time. 5. And those are just the major hurricanes (defined as Category 3 or above) of 2017 that have made landfall. Scientists found that unusually warm Atlantic waters vastly outweighed all other major climate factors in stoking 2017's extremely active hurricane season. ... 10 September 2019. Harvey was forecast to have winds in the eyewall between 115 and 130 mph! September 2017, was the most active month on record for Atlantic hurricanes. More than 750 Americans were killed and hundreds of billions of dollars in cumulative damage sustained. A shed and carport were destroyed. Deadly, extremely active 2017 Atlantic hurricane season ends today This year there were six major hurricanes, usually there are two.