Hurricanes are also forming earlier than they have historically. U.S. and international authorities are considering moving up the official start of the Atlantic season by two weeks to May 15, because so many more storms are forming then. (A palm tree damaged by Hurricane Ida in Galliano, Louisiana, on Aug. 31, 2021. Credit: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg) Hurricanes are also forming earlier than they have historically. U.S. and international authorities are considering moving up the official start of the Atlantic season by two weeks to May 15, because so many more storms are forming then. (A palm tree damaged by Hurricane Ida in Galliano, Louisiana, on Aug. 31, 2021. Credit: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) — This year's hurricane season started out as one of the most prolific in the modern era. Then suddenly, in October, the storms stopped.

As of Oct. 29, 2021, the Atlantic hasn't produced a single new tropical storm in a month. Such a late-season pause has only occurred two other times since 1995, the so-called active era when storm activity picked up significantly.

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