2007 Hurricane Season Starts Early, Ends Late

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NASAs Aqua satellite captured this image of Hurricane Felix approaching Central America on Sept. 3 2007. Credit: NASA
NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of Hurricane Felix approaching Central America on Sept. 3, 2007. Credit: NASA

The Atlantic Hurricane Season began early in 2007, and by mid-December it was still going. The season officially begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30. That means that for the most part, storms have formed and fizzled between those dates, or they used to.


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