That's how many years it has been since the Atlantic hurricane season went this long without producing a single hurricane, breaking a record that dated to 1914. A strong El Nino is suppressing hurricane development this year. The season has produced just six tropical storms but no hurricanes. Only two seasons on record have finished entirely without a hurricane. Tropical Storm Fay is currently moving west in the central Atlantic, and a low-pressure system off the west coast of Africa has a 70 percent chance of developing in the coming week.
