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US Forecasters Predict Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season

   VOA News 27 May 2010
   Bill  Read,  the  Director of the National Hurricane Center, speaks to
   the media about the upcoming hurricane season at the annual Governor's
   Hurricane  conference  in  Fort  Lauderdale,  Fla. The director of the
   National Hurricane Center says the potential for a

Photo: AP

   Bill  Read,  the  Director of the National Hurricane Center, speaks to
   the media about the upcoming hurricane season at the annual Governor's
   Hurricane  conference  in  Fort  Lauderdale,  Fla. The director of the
   National  Hurricane Center says the potential for a new catastrophe in
   Haiti  is  his biggest concern for the upcoming Atlantic storm season,
   26 May 2010.

   U.S.  meteorologists  are  predicting  an  extremely  active hurricane
   season this year with up to seven major storms forming in the Atlantic
   Ocean.
   In  its  annual  hurricane  outlook  issued  Thursday, the [1]National
   Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted there will be between
   14 and 23 named storms this hurricane season.
   NOAA  meteorologists  say  up  to  14  of  these  storms  could become
   hurricanes with winds of at least 119 kilometers per hour.
   NOAA  administrator Jane Lubchenco said this hurricane season could be
   one of the more active on record.  She said the greater likelihood of
   storms  brings an increased risk of a landfall, and she urged everyone
   to be prepared.
   This year's storms threaten to complicate efforts to combat the recent
   oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
   At a news conference in Washington Thursday, NOAA officials said it is
   highly  unlikely  any  oil  in  the  Gulf  would become entrained in a
   hurricane and moved.  However, the officials said a hurricane's storm
   surge could push oil ashore.
   The  Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1 and runs through November
   30.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

References

   1. http://www.noaa.gov/

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