MIAMI (November 30, 2012)--The 2012 hurricane season comes to an end Friday and it's another one for the record books, above and beyond the destruction of Sandy.
There were 19 named storms in what meteorologists consider an above-average year that tied as being the third most-active season since 1851.
Even without a so-called major storm reaching the U.S. there was plenty of damage.
A storm is classed as major once its top sustained winds reach 111 miles per hour.
Seven years have now gone by without a major hurricane making U.S. landfall, the longest stretch on record.
Sandy morphed from hurricane to Superstorm on its way to wreaking havoc across the Northeast where it left millions without power.
It killed at least 125 people in the U.S. and 71 in the Caribbean.
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