Hurricane season officially ends; South Mississippi spared

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) – After the early morning rains moved out, it changed into a pleasant Wednesday, and so far as the 2022 hurricane season’s involved, we had a variety of good days. Actually, you would say the season was clean crusing for South Mississippi.

“Fourteen named storms this season, eight hurricanes and two main hurricanes, so it was very near a mean season. Not fairly that above common season that was predicted, nevertheless it was common, and the storms simply didn’t come go to us in South Mississippi,” stated Matt Stratton, emergency administration director for Harrison County.

Stratton stated the calm season gave everybody an opportunity to breathe a sigh of aid and in addition go over the county’s storm plans.

“Right here on the finish of November simply after Thanksgiving, we’re all very grateful that we didn’t have any shut calls this yr. We used all that further time to replace our plans and improve our preparedness and be prepared for subsequent time. Everybody can use this time to organize themselves,” Stratton added. “It’s a good time to get updates by yourself private plan.”

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