The end of hurricane season

The 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season is finally coming to an end and it was a year of records.
The 2017 hurricane season started early with Tropical Storm Arlene forming in April, soon followed by Tropical Storm Cindy in June. Cindy dumped record-breaking rainfall in South Mississippi, up to 20 inches in some areas, along with tornadoes and water spouts, including one that damaged Beauvoir.
Two months later, Hurricane Harvey ravaged Texas and Louisiana, making landfall as a category 4 storm with sustained winds of up to 130 MPH, landing it as the first major hurricane to impact the U.S. since Hurricane Wilma slammed into Florida in 2005.
Then Hurricane Irma formed days later and soon became the first category 5 hurricane of the season, taking direct aim at Florida. The storm was the strongest in the Atlantic since 2005 and had sustained winds of 185 MPH.
Hurricane Maria trailed right behind Irma, reaching category 5 status and knocking out power across Puerto Rico.
Nate formed in the southern Caribbean, moving through the Gulf of Mexico at record speeds, taking direct aim at the Mississippi Gulf Coast and making landfall in South Mississippi.
While Nate was one of the weaker storms this season, it did have some of the highest storm surge values. One of those was near the Edgewater Mall in Biloxi with a storm surge reported of 10.5 feet.
2017 wasn’t the busiest season on record, but South Mississippians were able to let out a sigh of relief after Nate passed through.
Overall, 2017 was an active Hurricane season, unique with many lessons learned. Harrison County EMA Director Rupert Lacy said, “Each storm had something that we had not seen in the past with other storms.”