People take photos and videos as they walk through streets inundated by floodwaters after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Fort Myers, Florida, on Oct. 9, 2024. Milton made landfall packing life-threatening storm surges, extreme winds and flash flooding, the National Hurricane Center said. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A satellite image shows a tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday that formed into Tropical Storm Francine on Monday. NOAA/via AP hide caption
Victor Corone, 66, pushes his wife Maria Diaz, 64, in a wheelchair through more than a foot of floodwater in Miami Beach, Fla., on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. The annual rainy season has arrived with a wallop in much of Florida. Al Diaz/Miami Herald/AP hide caption
This GOES-East GeoColor satellite image taken June 2 shows Tropical Storm Arlene, the first named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via AP hide caption
This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Ophelia making landfall in North Carolina on Saturday morning. NOAA via AP hide caption
A motorist travels through floodwaters on a road that remains closed a day after Atlantic storm Lee passed through the region, on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, near Northeast Harbor, Maine. Robert F. Bukaty/AP hide caption
Hurricane Lee is expected to restrengthen in the coming days, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
This satellite image taken on Tuesday shows Tropical Storm Bret chugging westward toward the eastern Caribbean. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via AP hide caption
People brave rain and heavy winds to visit the waterfront along the Jensen Beach Causeway, as conditions deteriorate with the approach of Hurricane Nicole, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, in Jensen Beach, Fla. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption
Carbon Monoxide alarms are displayed in a Home Depot store in Illinois. Although there were no deaths from Hurricane Laura, 28 people died in Louisiana and almost all of them once the hurricane passed. The storm left communities without power for weeks. Fourteen of the deaths were caused by carbon monoxide poisoning from unsafe use of emergency generators. Tim Boyle/Getty Images hide caption
A woman stands in front of a destroyed restaurant after Hurricane Zeta on Oct. 29, 2020, in Chalmette, La. In a postseason analysis, NOAA upgraded Zeta's windspeeds, saying it was a "major" Category 3 storm when it hit. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images hide caption
This combination of satellite images provided by the National Hurricane Center shows the 30 named storms that developed during the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. National Hurricane Center via AP hide caption
Storm clouds gather above the levee near Lake Pontchartrain as Tropical Storm Cristobal makes landfall on June 07, 2020 in New Orleans. Sean Gardner/Getty Images hide caption
Satellite images of storms forming in the Atlantic Ocean. Tropical Storm Wilfred is the last named storm of the 2020 season using the English alphabet. Courtesy of NOAA hide caption
Hurricane Isaias will maintain its hurricane status for several days as it passes along Florida's central Atlantic coast, the National Hurricane Center says. The storm's forecast cone predicts it will hug the southeastern U.S. coastline. National Weather Service hide caption
A man secures his boat before the arrival of Hurricane Lorenzo in Angra do Heroismo in the Azores islands, Portugal, on Tuesday. Rafael Marchante/Reuters hide caption
Houses from a seaside neighborhood are seen as Tropical Storm Karen approaches. Ricardo Arduengo/REUTERS hide caption
Parts of Texas and Louisiana are under flash flood warnings from Tropical Depression Imelda. Out in the Atlantic, Hurricane Humberto is forecast to pass close to Bermuda. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/GOES-East hide caption
A resident walks his dog on a flooded road Friday in Salvo, N.C., in the Outer Banks, as Hurricane Dorian drenches the neighborhood with a torrential downpour. The storm made landfall Friday morning as a Category 1 hurricane. Jose Luis Magana/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Many of the streets in Charleston, S.C., were flooded Thursday under the heavy rains of Hurricane Dorian. The storm's eyewall remained offshore at least through early afternoon, but that hasn't saved the Carolinas from severe winds and flooding. Sean Rayford/Getty Images hide caption
Hurricane Dorian, now a Category 5 storm, tracks toward the Florida coast on Sept. 1. NOAA GOES-East satellite handout/Getty Images hide caption
Water was sold out at a grocery store in North Miami, Fla., on Friday as residents heeded warnings to stockpile a week's worth of food and supplies before Hurricane Dorian arrives on Monday. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption