The season so far

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

1# 2005
2# 2004
3# 1995
4# 1998
5# 2003
6# 1999
7# 1996
8# 2001
9# 2000
10# 2007
11# 2002
12# 2006
13# 1997

To beat 2000 this season would need at least 20 points of Ace.

[Honeyko]

How long does a cat-2 need to maintain to generate 20pts?

[JonathanBelles]

Ill update it Sunday with the effects of Noel's "Canadian Collision."

[HurricaneRobert]

When Karen gets upgraded, 2007 will have reached the seasonal average number of hurricanes.

[MiamiensisWx]

Interestingly, 2007 may be a deadly year despite the lack of non-Humberto hurricane strikes (and fewer deaths) in the CONUS. The death toll from Felix, Dean, and Noel will probably surpass 1,000 people (combined) in Haiti, the DR, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Cuba, PR, Antilles, Bahamas, and Jamaica. The ET remnants of Noel may cause some additional maritime or coastal deaths, too. I've probably missed other areas with +1 direct or indirect death. There have been deadlier years, but you should really omit the 2005 season, since that year was highly anomalous in terms of total NS and landfalls.

"It's not the number of storms; it's the impact."

Personally, I think it's possible that the governments in Honduras and Nicaragua have muffled the true death toll from Felix. It's certainly true in Hispaniola (per other past systems), as mentioned by others. Additionally, communications are difficult in rural areas, which can falsely indicate a lower "official" toll. I have not seen any news from the mountainous interior areas. Truthfully, the real Felix toll may exceed +300 people. Note that my post does not refer to 2007's activity. This post focuses solely on the death toll in non-United States countries. There have been valid points about the anomalously high shear and weak systems during 2007's peak months.