Hurricane Central Subtropical Storm Alex Forms, Giving the Atlantic Hurricane Season a Rare January Start January 14 2016 04:00 AM EST weather.com 00:44 Tropical Depression 22 Likely to Strengthen If the storm gets a name, it will be Wilfred. Alex has become a hurricane in the Atlantic. See our new article at this link for more information. MORE ON WEATHER.COM: Retired Atlantic Hurricanes and Tropical Storms <img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/ap_18284679101071_0.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273" srcset="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/ap_18284679101071_0.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273 400w, https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/ap_18284679101071_0.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551 800w" > 1 of 89 Homes washed away by Hurricane Michael are shown in this aerial photo Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, in Mexico Beach, Florida. Michael was the third-most intense continental U.S. landfall by pressure and most intense Florida Panhandle landfall on record. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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