2012 Hurricane Season at Halfway Point

Thus far, the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season that is about at its midpoint has seen 14 tropical storms, with seven strengthening to hurricane status. According to catastrophe modeling firm Risk Management Solutions (RMS), the current hurricane season has been active: One of these hurricanes has become a major hurricane — Hurricane Michael, which intensified into a Category 3 hurricane on September 6, but only maintained that status for 6 hours. At this point (September 13) in 2012 the season is the second most active season (tied with 1936) since records began in 1851, in terms of the number of named storms. Only 2005 and 2011 had more named storms as of September 13.