2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season Comes To An End

Miami, FL (AHN) - The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season officially came to an end Sunday. It was the fourth busiest storm season on record, tied with1944.

This year's season saw 16 named storms. Eight storms became hurricanes, three of which reached category-3 strength or higher.

This year was the first time on record that six consecutive storms struck the U.S. mainland. A record three category-3 storms hit Cuba.

Bertha, in July, was the longest lived July storm on record in the Atlantic. It lasted 17 days.

Fay, in August, became the only storm on record to make landfall in Florida four times. And Paloma reached category-4 strength, the second-strongest November hurricane on record.