WASHINGTON POST • May 25, 2023
A typical Atlantic hurricane season could be ahead this summer and fall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted Thursday. But the agency stressed an uncertain outlook, urging people to prepare for more dangerous and rapidly intensifying storms – and potentially an eighth consecutive above-normal hurricane season. The agency is predicting 12 to 17 tropical storms, which get a name once their maximum sustained winds reach 39 mph. Five to nine of those cyclones are forecast to strengthen into hurricanes.