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Weather Service Predicts Many More Hurricanes This Year

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by debwire | August 2, 2005 at 01:57 pm

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The government on Tuesday sharply boosted its forecast for hurricanes this season, predicting 18 to 21 tropical storms by the end of November.

That's up from a forecast in May of 12 to 15 tropical storms, seven to nine of them becoming hurricanes.

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CNN: Weather Service Predicts Many More Hurricanes This Year

Yahoo/AP: Weather Service Boosts Hurricane Forecast

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