The peak of hurricane season arrived today, Wednesday, Sept. 10.

Several factors, including dry air and wind shear, have helped keep the tropics quiet.

Forecasters warn residents should expect activity to pick up later this month.

The peak of hurricane season arrived today, Wednesday, Sept. 10.

Historically, the day arrives in the middle of what's the busiest time of hurricane season.

This year, though, we're in the middle of a lull, and National Hurricane Center forecasters are watching tropical waves instead of hurricanes or tropical storms.

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"Wednesday will likely be the first climatological peak of the Atlantic hurricane season in nearly a de

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