Isn't it kind of late in the season for hurricanes?

[Raineyrocks]

 Hurricane Noel expected to brush East Coast

   
(CNN) -- Hurricane Noel grew in size early Friday as it moved away from the Bahamas and into the Atlantic Ocean, leaving 118 people reportedly dead across the Caribbean.
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A driver navigates a flooded street Thursday on New Providence Island in the Bahamas.
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In its 11 a.m. ET advisory, the National Hurricane Center said Noel's maximum sustained winds were near 80 mph (130 kph), with its center about 575 miles (925 kilometers) west-southwest of Bermuda and about 425 miles (685 kilometers) south-southeast of North Carolina's Cape Hatteras.

The Category 1 hurricane was moving north-northeast at 17 mph (28 kph).

Noel's rainfall swamped the Bahamas and Cuba on Thursday, forcing about 24,000 evacuations from low-lying areas of Cuba and dumping 15 inches of rain on the Bahamas, The Associated Press reported.

Portions of the U.S. East Coast were in for heavy rainfall, though much less than the deluge in the Bahamas, forecasters said.

Although Noel's projected path shows it remaining well off the U.S. coast, forecasters predicted that Noel would dump up about 1 inch of rain across North Carolina's Outer Banks and 2 to 4 inches with isolated maximum totals of 6 inches across eastern New England. See the storm's projected path »

"Noel is expected to lose tropical characteristics within the next 24 hours," the hurricane center said Friday, adding that the storm then would "strengthen and increase in size as an extratropical cyclone."

Hurricane-force winds extended 45 miles (75 kilometers) from Noel's center, and tropical storm-force winds extended up to 275 miles (445 kilometers), the hurricane center said.
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Forecasters on Friday said that all watches and warnings for the Bahamas were discontinued, although a gale warning for Bermuda remained in effect.

One person was killed by the storm in the Bahamas on Thursday, the AP reported, with about 400 people forced from their homes.

Cuban authorities said they evacuated 24,000 people because of flooding, the AP said. At least 2,000 homes were damaged, but no deaths were reported, according to the AP. Photo See scenes of heavy flooding »

[porcupine kate]

No.
Hurricane season officially ends December 1st every year.

[Puke]

I don't think hurricanes are aware of us silly humans and our "seasons".

[porcupine kate]

They might be and bother us for sport like space aliens do.

[Puke]

They might be and bother us for sport like space aliens do.

Sweet!   

[Raineyrocks]

No.
Hurricane season officially ends December 1st every year.

Wow, I didn't know that, thanks!