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The National Hurricane Center stated Monday that an area of low-pressure leftover from Hurricane Agatha in the Pacific had a 40% probability of forming in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico during the next five days, according to forecasters. By midweek, it may have moved towards the northwest Caribbean, closer to Florida.

Batten down the hatches for another nasty hurricane season.

Hurricane season starts Wednesday and it's looking busy: Every factor out there is pointing to another nasty year in the Atlantic.

"Nearly every natural force and a bunch of human-caused ones — more than just climate change — have turned the last several Atlantic hurricane seasons into deadly and expensive whoppers. The season that starts Wednesday looks like another note in a record-breaking refrain because all those ingredients for disaster are still going strong, experts warn."

The Loop Current is "an area of warm water that travels up from the Caribbean, past the Yucatan Peninsula, and into the Gulf of Mexico," according to the NOAA.

Hurricane season starts Wednesday and it's looking busy. Every factor out there is pointing to another nasty year in the Atlantic.

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The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season which extends from June 1 to November 30 is predicted to be more active than usual.

June 1 marks the start of hurricane season, and with it, a renewal of anxieties for Louisiana residents yet to fully recover from the past two years of natural disasters.

Hurricane season starts Wednesday and its looking busy: Every factor out there is pointing to another nasty year in the Atlantic