/
Entergy crews work to restore power to a neighborhood in Goosport, Louisiana north of Lake Charles after Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm, swept through the area in August 2020.
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season is off to a busy start, and forecasters say it is likely to be as active as last year, when thousands were without power for weeks after hurricanes Laura, Zeta, Cristobal and Delta hit the Gulf South.
Climate studies show that a more-active hurricane season is just one of the new normals that climate change is bringing to the region, and with that comes bigger threats to the power grid.