The 2017 hurricane season – with 17 named storms, including three Category 4 hurricanes that made landfall in the United States – was one for the record books. It was also the first year that NOAA’s National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center issued storm surge watches & warnings along the continental U.S coast.
![A debris-filled waterway in Key West, Florida shows the destructive power of Hurricane Irma's storm surge (Image credit: US Coast Guard) A debris-filled waterway in Key West, Florida shows the destructive power of Hurricane Irma's storm surge](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/3802125.jpg?itok=zCUp4N5X)
A debris-filled waterway in Key West, Florida shows the destructive power of Hurricane Irma's storm surge (Image credit: US Coast Guard)