51.   It is hurricane season.

52.   It is unusual for the African tropics to spawn storms such as Alex this early in the hurricane season, forecasters say.

53.   Last summer, the weather phenomenon was credited with protecting Florida during the hurricane season by forcing storms away and preventing them from developing.

54.   Luis is the fiercest storm yet in what has been a busy hurricane season.

55.   Meanwhile, the weather service is predicting another heavy hurricane season on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and another El Nino may be brewing in the Pacific.

56.   Monday marked the beginning of hurricane season over the tropical eastern Pacific.

57.   Monday marked the traditional peak of hurricane season.

58.   Most meteorologists can usually predict, with varying degrees of accuracy, when and where a gale-force storm will make landfall during hurricane season.

59.   On Tuesday, the hurricane season officially began in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

60.   Only two named storms have occurred in the tropical Atlantic this year, but the heart of hurricane season is still ahead.