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This year’s Atlantic hurricane season marked the halfway point on 1 Sept. with forecasters noting it has exceeded expected numbers.
As of the end of August, there have been 11 named storms, which the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, said is “well above the 30-year average of 6 to 7” named storms for the first three months of the season.
“We haven’t even reached the peak of the hurricane season yet, which is September 10,” said Cayman Islands National Weather Service forecaster Shamal Clarke.
Although the season has been relatively busy, Cayman has – so far – been spared the brunt of the storms. On 18 Aug., Tropical Storm Grace passed 20 miles southeast of Grand Cayman. Tens of thousands of households were plunged into darkness, as the storm downed power lines and uprooted trees across the island.
Then on 25 Aug., Tropical Storm Ida travelled across Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, drenching the Sister Islands with nearly 9 inches of rain, and knocking out power for several hundred homes.
The storms did not develop into major hurricanes until they passed the islands.
The beginning of the season
In a pre-season forecast issued on 8 April, the Colorado State University Tropical Meteorology Project called for 18 named storms, of which eight were expected to be hurricanes, with four of those becoming major hurricanes.
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