hurricane season

This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken at 4 p.m EDT and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Hurricane Ernesto northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico and moving over open waters, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. AP/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hide caption

Tourists sit on La Pared beach as Ernesto passes by Luquillo, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday. Alejandro Granadillo/AP hide caption

This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken at 4:30 p.m. EDT Monday and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Ernesto over the Atlantic Ocean and moving west-northwest toward the Lesser Antilles. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/AP hide caption

Jaiden Skinner, left, and Nani Hicks check on their neighborhood as high winds, rain and storm surge from Hurricane Debby inundate Cedar Key, Florida, on Monday, August 5. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption

From left, Matthew Blowers and Patrick Brafford prepare to secure a lifeguard tower in preparation of potential storm at Clearwater Beach on Saturday, in Clearwater, Fla. Jefferee Woo/AP/Tampa Bay Times hide caption

Roger Heim (right) and Terry Smith (second from right), both of Valrico, Fla., fill sandbags in preparation for the weekend storm at the Edward Medard Conservation Park in Plant City, Fla. Chris O'Meara/AP hide caption

Utility crews work to restore electricity in Houston on Thursday. Prolonged outages following Hurricane Beryl has some fed-up and frustrated residents taking out their anger on repair workers who are trying to restore power. Lekan Oyekanmi/AP hide caption

A vehicle is left abandoned in floodwater on a highway after Hurricane Beryl swept through the area on Monday in Houston. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption

A man and his dog stand on the shore of a beach in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl in Tulum, Mexico, on Friday, July 5, 2024. Fernando Llano/AP hide caption

Family members survey their home destroyed by Hurricane Beryl, in Ottley Hall, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on Tuesday. Beryl is the most powerful storm to form this early in the Atlantic hurricane season. Lucanus Ollivierre/AP hide caption

People place plywood over windows as they make last-minute preparations for the arrival of Hurricane Beryl in Kingston, Jamaica, on Wednesday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

A satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Idalia, center, over Florida and crossing into Georgia, and Hurricane Franklin, right, as it moves along off the East coast of the U.S., on Aug. 30, 2023. AP/NOAA hide caption

This GOES-East GeoColor satellite image taken June 2 shows Tropical Storm Arlene, the first named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via AP hide caption

A baby looks out the window of a truck picking its way through Horseshoe Beach, Fla., surveying storm damage, after the passage of Hurricane Idalia, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption

Beach chairs are seen as the sun rises in Ocean City, N.J., on Aug. 18. This is not the above-average hurricane season experts predicted — at least, not yet. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

This satellite image taken on Sept. 8, 2021, shows Hurricane Larry in the Atlantic Ocean. AP hide caption