Summer ushers in hurricane season, which typically runs from early June to late fall in the Atlantic Ocean. As this issue goes to press, three systems in the Atlantic are developing into potential tropical storms or hurricanes.Understanding these impressive storms can help the public better navigate the wild weather. People can test their hurricane knowledge by answering these true and false questions, courtesy of The Weather Channel and National Geographic.

Hurricanes are small storms that produce light rainfall.Answer: False. Hurricanes are giant tropical storms that produce heavy rainfall and strong winds. Ocean waters must be above 79 F (26 C) for a hurricane to develop.Answer: True. Below this threshold temperature hurricanes will not form or can rapidly weaken once they move over water. Each year an average of 10 tropical storms develop over the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.Answer: True. Many of these storms remain over the ocean, while Weather.gov says six w...