The Atlantic Hurricane Season officially began on June 1st, and we’ve already seen one tropical system, Cristobal, trek from the Gulf Coast to Canada. It was the third named storm of the season and may actually go down on record as being the first tropical low pressure system to hit the State of Iowa in 120 years! As if that’s not interesting (and worrisome) enough, the country is still combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s complicated to say the least. And, unfortunately, it may get even more complicated as forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, are predicting an above-normal 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season. In fact, they’re suggesting a likely range of 13 to 19 named storms, of which 6 to 10 could become hurricanes. Out of those, 3 to 6 could become major hurricanes, packing winds of 111 mph or higher.
All that said, now is the time to prepare, and prepare safely, for what may be to come between now and the end of the Atlantic Hurricane Season, which is November 30th.
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