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Last year had 11 hurricanes (the average year has seven), five of which made landfall in the continental U.S., resulting in 297 deaths.
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 31 May 2025
Grocery chains also warn that people should expect to pay more for items that simply aren’t grown in the continental U.S. in great quantities, such as bananas, pineapples, and coffee beans.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2025
Five hurricanes made landfall in the continental U.S., including two — Helene and Milton — that hit as major hurricanes.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 22 May 2025
In recent years, far more people died in the continental U.S. from hurricanes’ freshwater flooding than from their coastal storm surges — a dramatic reversal from a decade earlier.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 21 May 2025
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 31 May 2025
Grocery chains also warn that people should expect to pay more for items that simply aren’t grown in the continental U.S. in great quantities, such as bananas, pineapples, and coffee beans.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2025
Five hurricanes made landfall in the continental U.S., including two — Helene and Milton — that hit as major hurricanes.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 22 May 2025
In recent years, far more people died in the continental U.S. from hurricanes’ freshwater flooding than from their coastal storm surges — a dramatic reversal from a decade earlier.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 21 May 2025
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“Continental U.S..” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/continental%20U.S.. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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