Hurricane season takes a breather, but activity could ramp up again in October

The fierce 2020 hurricane season appears to be taking a breather.

For the first time in weeks, no tropical storms or hurricanes are spinning anywhere in the Atlantic Basin, which includes the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, according to the National Hurricane Center.

And, as of Thursday, no storms are forecast to develop over at least the next five days.

So far this year, a whopping 23 named storms have formed. This is about double the average for an entire season. The 23 storms have included...