A busier-than-average hurricane season will come to a close on Sunday with no other tropical storms on the horizon.James Dodgson, director of the Bermuda Weather Service, said yesterday: “Hurricane Humberto was indeed our main event of the season, with little else bothering us — thankfully Tropical Storm Jerry weakened before it impacted us.”A total of 18 named storms formed in the Atlantic this year, including six hurricanes, three of which were considered major hurricanes.Only one of the storms — September’s Hurricane Humberto — affected Bermuda.Humberto passed to the north of the island on September 18 as a Category 3 hurricane. The storm damaged hundreds of roofs, downed trees and knocked out power across the island.Tropical Storm Jerry threatened the island a week later, but the storm collapsed before it reached Bermuda.The Bahamas endured almost two days of Category 5 conditions as Hurricane Dorian crossed over the island chain on September 2.The US-based National Hurricane Centre said that this year was the fourth consecutive year with an above-average number of storms.A spokesman for the NHC said: “The only other period on record that produced four consecutive above-normal seasons was 1998 to 2001. “Also this year, five tropical cyclones formed in the Gulf of Mexico, which ties a record with 2003 and 1957 for the most storms to form in that region.”