Entire neighborhoods were demolished by powerful winds after Hurricane Michael hit Mexico Beach, Florida, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. The storm made landfall Wednesday in the Florida Panhandle, where most of the damage occurred. The storm brought winds of 155 miles (249 kilometers) per hour, the fourth-strongest hurricane ever to reach the U.S. mainland. (Photo: Zack Wittman/Bloomberg)
Don't be lulled by a quiet June and July, the real Atlantic hurricane season is about to kick off.
The hurricane season runs from June 1 to the end of November. But the next six weeks — "the season within a season" — is regularly the most dangerous and active time for storms to develop in the Atlantic, said Dennis Feltgen, spokesman for the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
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