Hurricane encounters

摘要

IN DECEMBER, many of us are focusing our weather concerns on issues such as icing and cold weather operations. But now is also a good time to review what has been this year's noteworthy Atlantic hurricane season. At this writing in early October, there have already been 15 named tropical storms and 10 hurricanes, of which five were major-meaning they had winds of 137 knots or higher. The worst damage was caused by the devastating major hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.