2010 Hurricane Season "Strange"
Storms were numerous, but U.S. had "hurricane repellent," expert says.
The 2010 season produced 19 named tropical storms, tying this season with 1995 and 1887 for the third-most active since record-keeping began. (See before-and-after pictures of sites affected by Hurricane Katrina.)
A dozen of the 2010 storms developed into hurricanes, with winds of at least 74 miles (119 kilometers) an hour. Five of those hurricanes became major storms, with winds exceeding 110 miles (177 kilometers) an hour.
But tropical storm Bonnie—which crossed southeastern Florida in late July and then dissipated in the Gulf of Mexico—was the only 2010 storm to touch the U.S. coastline. That's because persistent low-pressure systems moving off the U.S. East Coast steered the storms away.
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