Hurricane Season 2020

In a postseason review of last year's hurricane season, NOAA meteorologists upgrade Zeta to a "major" Category 3 storm. It hit New Orleans and southeast Louisiana on Oct. 28.

The season, which formally ends every Nov. 30, produced a stunning 30 named storms — breaking the 2005 record of 28.

Heavy rains that lingered weeks after the official end of the wet season left farmers struggling with flooded fields and meager crops.

The strongest storms ever to form so late, and so far south, in the Caribbean could force us to revise our expectations about hurricanes in this part of the world.

Iota diminished to a Category 1 hurricane within hours of its landfall in Nicaragua. Still, as the second strong storm to hit the region in as many weeks, Iota bears grave dangers for residents.

Iota made landfall late Monday evening along the coast of Nicaragua as a category 4 hurricane.

Just two weeks after Hurricane Eta dumped heavy rainfall in the region, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and southern Belize are facing an even stronger storm fueled by climate change.

The storm is expected to make landfall Monday as a Category 4 hurricane. Its arrival comes as the region is still recovering from Hurricane Eta, which killed at least 150 people earlier this month.

It was wet before Tropical Storm Eta hit South Florida with high winds and storms. And the rain kept coming — flooding streets, parking lots and homes. Also, COVID-19 infection rates are climbing and more people are in the hospital with the virus.

What will become Tropical Storm Iota is following the same early path as Eta.

Tropical Storm Eta made landfall for the fourth time when it hit Florida's Gulf Coast. Some areas in southern Florida could see up to 25 inches of rainfall total from this storm.

The National Hurricane Center said in a 1 p.m. advisory that the storm was expected to remain offshore Wednesday before making landfall Thursday and then crossing the state into the Atlantic.