A Thanksgiving hurricane? Forecasters say the holiday could be a Turkey-tosser

It seems that moving the end date of hurricane season to November 30 was a wise move, with the U.S. Weather Service saying in a special statement that the tropics are “to reignite in November with multiple storms in the forecast.”

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AccuWeather added that Florida and the Carolinas could be hit during the added month — which, of course, includes Thanksgiving — all of this on top of the destruction from Hurricanes Helene and Milton costing tens of billions of dollars in damage. Dozens of lives were also lost. 

Said AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Expert Alex DaSilva: “We’ve been saying it since the very beginning of the hurricane season, even way back before when we made our initial forecast out in March, that we thought the end of the hurricane season could get quite active [in November]. We still think that right now.”

At this time, it’s hard to say whether the warm Atlantic Ocean or even warmer Gulf of Mexico will be the source of more storms, but if they come, Florida and even eastern North Carolina could feel their fury. 

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