The 2022 Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season proved rather anemic this summer, but things are now heating up, as proven by Hurricane Fiona drowning Puerto Rico in rain.

The uptick in tropical storm activity was expected. The Atlantic hurricane season officially runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, but the peak season is in the autumn, as Southern Ocean County residents surely know after Superstorm Sandy smashed into the Jersey Shore on Oct. 29, 2012.