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According to the forecast, 17 named tropical storms will form, eight of which will become hurricanes.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, though storms sometimes form outside those dates.
After the most ferocious hurricane season on record in 2020, top hurricane forecasters on Thursday said we should expect another active, above-normal season again this year.
For the season, which begins June 1, meteorologist Phil Klotzbach and other experts from Colorado State University – among the nation s top seasonal hurricane forecasters – predict 17 named tropical storms will form, eight of which will become hurricanes.
An average season has 12 tropical storms, six of which are hurricanes. In 2020, there were a whopping 30 named storms, 13 of which were hurricanes.