For Floridians, the end of summer and beginning of fall doesn't mean cooler weather and falling leaves. It means Hurricane Season! Hurricane Season is from June to December, but most hurricanes come at the peak of the season which occurs from mid-August to late October. Did you know that Florida has also been hit by more than twice as many hurricanes as the next closest hurricane-prone state? Of the 292 hurricanes that have hit the U.S. since 1851, 120 have made some sort of landfall in Florida.
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