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There are three more months left before this year\u2019s hurricane season ends and, at present, there are several systems being monitored in the Atlantic.<\/p>

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However, since the season started in June, the region has seen minimal storm activity in spite of predictions that this will be an active hurricane season.<\/p>\n

Meteorologist Dale Destin says we have just passed the mid-point of the 2022 season \u2013 with 93 days gone and 90 more to go.<\/p>

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According to him, for the first time in 25 years, the country has\u00a0seen a storm-less August \u2013 meaning there were no tropical storms (or hurricanes) last month \u2013 across the Atlantic.<\/p>

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Destin says the last time this phenomenon was seen was August 1997.<\/p>\n

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