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Bill Chappell

The first hurricane of the season arrived late, but don't let your guard down

Beach chairs are seen as the sun rises in Ocean City, N.J., on Aug. 18. This is not the above-average hurricane season experts predicted — at least, not yet. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

For months, the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season was notable for one reason: a complete lack of hurricanes. That finally changed on Friday, when Danielle strengthened into the Atlantic's first hurricane since last October.

The 2022 season had been predicted to continue the recent run of storm activity that pushed meteorologists deep into their annual list of alphabetized storm names, even exhausting it entirely.

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