Colorado forecasters predict above-normal Atlantic hurricane season
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Transformers from a nearby utility pole rest on a car where they fell in New Orleans on October 29, the day after Hurricane Zeta passed through the area. Colorado State University forecasters expect 2021 to be another above-normal hurricane season. File Photo by AJ Sisco/UPI | License Photo
April 8 (UPI) A team of meteorologists in Colorado on Thursday forecast another above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2021, months after closing the books on the most active storm season on record.
The Colorado State University Tropical Meteorology Project predicted there will be 17 named storms in the upcoming season, of which eight will become hurricanes. Four hurricanes are expected to be strong enough to be considered major hurricanes Category 3 or higher.
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