For only the third time since records began, two November hurricanes formed simultaneously in the Atlantic.
Hurricanes Lisa and Martin have brought unusual activity for this time of year when hurricane season is typically almost over. A third system in the Caribbean is also developing, reports the Washington Post.
The last two instances were 1932 and 2000with Hurricanes Michelle and Noel, after Phil Klotzbacha meteorologist at Colorado State University.
Klotzbatch added that the strength of many tropical storms is probably underestimated before the use of satellites in 1966.
The Atlantic hurricane season ends Nov. 30 and typically has little activity after Halloween, when only about 7% of the season’s storms occur, the Post reported.
Lisa made landfall in Belize Wednesday as a Category 1 tropical cyclone, Accuweather reports. Lisa has since been downgraded to a tropical depression but caused severe damage in Belize. Belize City residents reported losing their roofs in the storm and coping with major flooding.
Belize and Mexico ended their tropical storm warnings Thursday morning, but experts are still worried about the damage to Lisa.
Martin, now the seventh hurricane of the season, is currently a Category 1 storm in the Atlantic. However, Martin is not expected to hit land, instead flying north along the Atlantic where it could later hit parts of Europe.
The third, additional system is developing near the Bahamas, with a 20% chance of becoming a tropical storm or depression in the next five days, the Post reported.
Experts are unsure of the exact path of the system this far out, but the system would be called Nicole if given a name.