Hurricane season ends with Ian as deadliest US storm: at least 144 dead. Why are predictable storms still killing so many people?
Dinah Voyles Pulver- Hurricane season 2022 included widespread destruction from Fiona and Ian.
- Too many people still die in hurricanes, even after vast improvements in forecasting and communication, said disaster researcher Amber Silver.
- Efforts to convince people to move out of harm's way as a hurricane approaches face many hurdles. Among them: fear, poverty and stubbornness.
Even though the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends Nov. 30, its repercussions will linger long into the future.
The season wound up near normal despite forecasts for above-average activity, but it was notable for the death and destruction wrought by Hurricanes Fiona, Ian and Nicole.
In Puerto Rico, Fiona dealt a blow to the long-term recovery efforts from Hurricane Maria five years ago, knocking out electricity to the entire island.
On Florida's east coast, residents are working to prevent battered beachfront properties from collapsing into the ocean after first Ian, then Nicole ripped away mountains of sand and seawalls.
This was the seventh hurricane season in a row to produce a deadly landfalling hurricane on the U.S mainland. No other span in the record books has as many storms listed among the nation's 50 deadliest hurricanes.