WASHINGTON (AP) -- The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, which ends Sunday, set a number of weather records in the U.S. and Cuba. Information on death and damage is still being calculated on the June-through-November hurricane season.
Six consecutive named storms -- Dolly, Edouard, Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike -- struck the U.S. mainland, something that hasn't been seen in recorded history.
It's also the first time a major hurricane, those with winds of at least 111 mph, formed in five consecutive months -- July through November. And Bertha spun about for 17 days, making it the longest lived storm in July.
Two records involve storms hitting the same places repeatedly. Rain-heavy Fay was the only storm to hit the same state -- Florida -- four times, leaving heavy flood damage in its wake. A record three major hurricanes smacked Cuba: Gustav, Ike and Paloma.
Deadly Hurricane Ike slammed Southeast Texas on Sept. 13.
