8 Things We'll Remember from the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season

The 2019 hurricane season was tied for the fourth most active on record by the number of tropical storms, getting to the "S" name for the first time since 2012.

The season had a total of 18 tropical storms and six hurricanes, three of which strengthened to at least Category 3 intensity.

Rapidly developing tropical storms and hurricanes occur at least once per hurricane season, and there have been several close to home that have gone on to be destructive.

Storm names are retired when tropical storms or hurricanes bearing that name cause catastrophic damage or loss of life, such that future use may be considered insensitive or confusing.

National Hurricane Center forecaster Eric Blake noted Lorenzo became a Category 5 hurricane almost 650 miles farther east than the previous easternmost Category 5 hurricane, Hugo, in 1989.

As previously mentioned, Hurricane Lorenzo became the easternmost Category 5 hurricane on record by a landslide, but that wasn't the only longitudinally-challenged record that Lorenzo set.

The French Navy Falcon 50, along with the Hurricane Hunters, which were en route to investigate and gather data on Hurricane Lorenzo, are credited with finding the lifeboat with three people aboard.



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