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Where Are America’s Hurricanes? We Know…

by | 26th, June 2007

OVER in America, they’re asking where the hurricanes are. Over here, we’re rowing to the shops

Forecasts for a busy hurricane season in 2006 were all dead wrong. This year, forecasters predicted a really busy year again. But with just two storms to date, and neither one a hurricane, you might wonder where all the action is.

You wait ages for one and then:

Forecasters have predicted that 17 named storms will form in the Atlantic this year, with nine of those becoming hurricanes. Five of those hurricanes are expected to be major hurricanes (Categories 3, 4 and 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale).



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