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Atlantic Hurricane Season over; takes 88 lives, costs $590 million
For five months meteorologists track the Atlantic Basin and watch for tropical cyclones, giving a prediction which this year though considered slow saw at least two Caribbean countries suffer millions in damages.
Tropical Storm Erika in late August was debilitating for Dominica; damage was put at $430 million and Hurricane Joaquin, chewed up islands in the southern Bahamas during early October.
On record are 88 fatalities and over $590 million in damages.