The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season looks set to go down as a bigwashout, marking the first time in 45 years that the strongeststorm to form was just a minor Category 1 hurricane.
There could still be a late surprise in the June 1-Nov. 30season, since the cyclone that mushroomed into Superstorm Sandy wasjust revving up at this time last year.
But so far, at least, it has been one of the weakest seasonssince modern record-keeping began about half a century ago, U.S.weather experts say. Apart from Tropical Storm Andrea, which soakedFlorida after moving ashore in the Panhandle in June, none of thisyear's cyclones has made a U.S. landfall.
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