Preparation urged with arrival of storm season
By TIFFANY REPECKI / trepecki@breezenewspapers.com - | May 25, 2021
With early predictions pointing to above-average activity for the upcoming hurricane season, officials are encouraging the islands to be prepared and have a plan in place — as it only takes one storm.
Hurricane season is recognized as June 1 through Nov. 30.
Colorado State University’s Tropical Meteorology Project, which has been predicting the season’s Atlantic basin hurricane activity for over 35 years, is forecasting 17 named storms for 2021, with eight of those reaching hurricane-level strength. According to the April 8 predication — three more will be released from June to August — four of the storms are anticipated to become “major” hurricanes.