US predicts active hurricane season

"Reuters - The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season will be very active, with up to 10 hurricanes, although not as busy as record-breaking 2005, when Hurricane Katrina and several monster storms slammed into the United States, the U.S. government's top climate agency said...

NPR : U.S. Faces Long Storm Cycle, Experts Warn

With tropical storm Ophelia swirling in the Atlantic, government officials are faced with the possibility of providing disaster relief while still reeling from Hurricane Katrina. Back-to-back disasters over the last few years have exhausted the staffs of hurricane-response...

FORECAST OF ATLANTIC HURRICANE ACTIVITY FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2005

Following a record amount of June-July tropical cyclone activity and an active August in which Hurricane Katrina caused the greatest economic loss ever inflicted by a hurricane on the United States, we are continuing the bad news by predicting above-average activity for...

How to throw the best hurricane party (when it’s safe to do so)

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that "for the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, there will be 12 to 15 tropical storms, with seven to nine becoming hurricanes, of which three to five could become major hurricanes." With a forecast like...

Forecasts raised for busy U.S. hurricane season

LONDON (Reuters) - A higher-than-usual number of hurricanes are expected to slam into the United States this year, a leading hurricane forecaster said on Monday, threatening areas trying to rebuild from last year's devastating storms. Tropical Storm Risk, a London-based...

Futures market bets on storms

MIAMI -- Just in time for the beginning of peak hurricane season, the University of Miami's controversial hurricane futures market is now open for trading, but with a new name and new rules limiting who can bet on where a storm will strike. Originally known as MAHEM, for...

Charlotte County still rebuilding a year after Hurricane Charley

Saturday marks a year since Hurricane Charley blew through Punta Gorda. While life for most has returned to some sense of normalcy, the scars Charley left behind are visible everywhere.

Some Weary Floridians Leaving for Good

NAVARRE, Fla. (AP) -- For Linda Campbell, a minister who conducts weddings on the beach, leaving the waterfront means leaving behind part of her livelihood. But after three hurricanes in a decade - including two in the past 10 months - she and her husband have joined other...

State: Floridians warned about busy hurricane season

Gov. Jeb Bush told state emergency managers Wednesday that the next six months could bring worse storms than the 2004 hurricane season. By JEAN HELLER, Times Staff Writer Published May 11, 2005 TAMPA - With some parts of the state still struggling to recover from the...