The National Hurricane Center director explains how Central Florida has been spared in recent hurricane seasons and why Floridians shouldn't assume they'll always be so lucky.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The 2020 hurricane season rages on with no signs of slowing down as we approach the official end in 11 days. Iota slammed into Nicaragua as a strong category 4 hurricane just two weeks after Eta, also a category 4 hurricane devastated the country. Iota continued the already record-breaking streak of consecutive seasons with at least one category 5 hurricane. With Iota becoming a category 5 hurricane, the record has been extended to five straight seasons with a category 5 storm. Hurricane season officially runs through Nov. 30, but the season could linger into December much like it did in 2005.

Irina, right, and Anastasia Lagutenko play with their son, Dorian, at a playground in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 2, 2020. Their 2017 wedding wasnt legally recognized in Russia. Any hopes they could someday officially be married in their homeland vanished July 1 when voters approved a package of constitutional amendments, one of which stipulates that marriage in Russia is only between a man and a woman.

ORLANDO, Fla. – One name will be remembered above all this hurricane season. Dorian wasn’t the only Category 5 hurricane of the 2019 season. Nestor, albeit a weak tropical storm, had the biggest impact on Central Florida this hurricane season. As of Nov 30 there have been 18 named-storms. While the season officially ends Nov 30, storms, even hurricanes can still develop in December.