June 1 is the first day of the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, the official start of a six -month period that can bring some of the most destructive and expensive natural disasters with American coasts.
Here’s what you need to know to prepare yourself.
The forecasters believe that it will be a season higher than the average.
In an average season, there are 14 storms named, including seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes. A storm obtains a name when its winds reach 39 miles per hour. He becomes a hurricane if he reaches 74 mph and a major hurricane – category 3 or more – at 111 mph
The national ocean and atmospheric administration, the parental agency of the National Weather Service, said that it expected Between 13 and 19 storm names In 2025, six to 10 of them could become hurricanes, and three to five of them could become major hurricanes. Noaa forecasts complied with other predictions, as One of the Colorado State University in April.
The NOAA will publish an updated forecast in August, just before the activity of the season culminates.
Many factors devote a seasonal forecast, and this can be wrong. But as the graph below shows, the predictions have generally developed more precise in the past 20 years.
Is it better or worse than last year?
This will depend on the number of hurricanes, the number of land struck and what is happening when they do. And there is a consensus among scientists who Hurglans are becoming more and more powerful Due to climate change.
