The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is about to end, and experts are summarizing the unprecedented numbers and records for this year's hurricane season.
According to FOX Weather Bryan Norcross and Colorado State University researcher Phil Klotzbach, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has many surprises compared to the early season forecast.
Before the hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Colorado State University forecast a vibrant hurricane season.
Actual results: Three named storms, including five strong storms and four Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Although the number of storms is not large, the strength of each storm is outstanding, especially the 3 storms reaching level 5.
Norcross stressed that the accumulated energy of storms (ACE) is forecast to be above average and is actually above average. We dont have too many, but the power of each one is impressive, Klotzbach added.
Notably, no hurricanes have made landfall in the United States - a rare event in recent history. The last time this happened was in the 2015 hurricane season, 10 years ago.
Three Category 5 storms, Erin, Humberto and Melissa, are strong highlights. Hurricane Erin and Hurricane Humberto had winds of 257 km/h in August and September, causing coastal flooding from the US East Coast.
Melissa became a deadly storm, making landfall with winds of 300 km/h, breaking the record for the strongest storm ever to hit Jamaica and the most intense Atlantic hurricane in 90 years.
Another terrible record: NOAA's aircraft dropsone measuring device recorded the strongest super typhoon of 2025 Melissa with a time reaching a record wind speed of 406 km/h, breaking all historical records for wind speed.
The impact of storms does not stop at wind power. High waves from Hurricane Humberto and Hurricane Imelda caused many homes in the famous coastal island nation of North Carolina to collapse in a few short days. Experts warn that although the Atlantic hurricane season is about to end on November 30, the strength of Category 5 hurricanes is proof of an unusual hurricane season in intensity.
Vietnam suffers severe consequences of storms and floods
In 2025, Vietnam will have to endure many fierce storms and floods, including some that caused very heavy damage and were assessed as "competing natural disasters".
According to data from the Statistics Office (Ministry of Finance), in the first 10 months of 2025, storms, floods, and natural disasters caused 279 deaths and missing people; 363 injuries; 314.4 thousand hectares of rice and 76.7 thousand hectares of crops were damaged; nearly 5 million livestock and poultry died; 323.9 thousand houses collapsed, were swept away and damaged. The total value of property damage is estimated at 59,245.9 billion VND.
In the recent historic flood in the Central - Central Highlands, according to the report of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, as of the morning of November 23, floods have left 102 people dead and missing, more than 1,100 houses damaged, at the peak time 186,000 houses were flooded; over 80,000 hectares of rice and crops were damaged. The initial preliminary damage is estimated at VND9,035 billion.
