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'It is going to do a heck of a lot of damage,' said Phil Klotzbach, a storm researcher at Colorado State University.
Hurricane Michael made landfall on the Florida Panhandle Wednesday, with 155 mile-per-hour winds.
Eleven of California's 20 deadliest fires occurred in previous Octobers, along with 11 of its most destructive.
Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach Friday morning as a Cat 1 storm bringing catastrophic flooding.
The storm still carries 105 mile-per-hour winds, strong enough to tear off roofs and topple trees.
Storm warnings have been posted on Maui, Oahu and the Big Island of Hawaii, where 10 to 15 inches of rain could fall.
U.S. landfall could come Friday between Charleston, South Carolina and Norfolk, Virginia, the Hurricane Center said.
In 1961, an August without storms was followed by four major hurricanes in September.
Hurricane Lane still threatens to inflict 'tens of millions of dollars' in damages on the islands.
The fire risk across the U.S. West will stay high through October — and for California it will last even longer.