US Forecasters Call for Near-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season

US Forecasters Call for Near-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season
A traffic sign warns of hurricane season in Stowell, Texas on June 12, 2018. Picture taken June 12, 2018. Jonathan Bachman/Reuters
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HOUSTON—This year’s Atlantic hurricane season will bring an average number of ocean storms and hurricanes, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Thursday.

NOAA forecasters estimate 12 to 17 named storms of which five to nine of those will develop into hurricanes and one to four will become major hurricanes during the June 1 to Nov. 30 season.