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2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season wraps up

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2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season wraps up
2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season wraps up

The nightmare 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is finally over, but the toll it took on the Gulf Coast can be seen no matter where you go.

- the nightmare 20-20 atlantic- hurricane season is finally - over.

But the toll it took on - the gulf coast can be seen no - matter where you go.- meterologist brantly keiek take- a look back at the record - breaking season.- - - - trouble in the tropics started- early, with the first named - storm forming weeks before- the hurricane season officially- began.

A record-breaking 30 - named storms forming this - year.

12 of them slamming into- - - - the united states.

In the gulf- of mexico, first up was - cristobal in early june.- then marco and laura hit- louisiana hard.

- - - - "uh, it's hard to say what laur is bringing to us later this- week, but with marco, its not - quite the same situation as - cristobal."

Just a couple weeks later.- hurricane sally rapidly - intensifies and slams into the- coast of alabama.

- alabama gov.

Kay ivey: "y'all w knew sally had the potential to- be a devastating- - - - storm, but y'all it's really- bad."

- - storm names on the standard lis- were running out before the - peak of the season and hurrican- season was just - ramping up.

- rupert lacy, harrison county em- director: "august has always been a bad month for- us, and september is just aroun- the corner."

Brantly keiek: "after dodging several bullets, the hurricane- fatigue was real.

But - coast residents still had - another battle to face with - hurricane zeta.

Even a month- - - - after the storm roared ashore,- places like pass christian are- still picking up the- pieces.

Some of them pretty big- ones."

Brantly keiek: "the scale of th damage even surprising some - life-long coast - residents that have lived - several decades of hurricane- seasons, including some - powerful storms like camille an- katrina."

- - - leo mcdermott, mayor of pass- christian: "and i've never seen a - hurricane, including camille, - that did damage to the oak tree- as this hurricane - did.

I mean it is absolutely- astounding what it has done to- the beautiful oaks and- uh, it hasn't totally destroyed- them but it has done some - - - - serious damage to them."

Hurricane season is officially- over, according to the- calendar.

But if the year 2020- has taught us anything, it's to- expect the unexpected.- forecasters plan keep an eye on- the tropics through - december, and those hit hardest- by this year's storms - continue the slow road to - recovery, with restoration- efforts expected to take months- or even

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