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Hurricane Season

In the Caribbean the Hurricane Season begins in June and ends in November of each year. When is the Hurricane Season for your region / country?

Season Hurricane

NOAA predicts busy hurricane season for Atlantic Basin, with 5 to 9 hurricanes expected. Overall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasts 11 to 17 named tropical storms will develop in the region, which includes the Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, the agency announced Friday. The season officially begins June 1 and runs through Nov. 30. Of the hurricanes, two to four could be major, with wind speeds of 111 mph or higher and rated as Category 3, 4 or 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale of Hurricane Intensity. An average season typically spawns six hurricanes and peaks in August and September. Ref. CNN.

Hurricane Season History & Civil Business Politics

So, I've seen this before and I think they aren't all that accurate. We are getting a lot better at predicting weather. We are tremendously further ahead than we were just a few decades ago tracking and predicting the intensity of known or forming storms. But we are still in the infant stage of predicting what a season is going to be like… hurricane season included.

Season Hurricane

With most Hurricanes in the Atlantic being from June 1st through November 30 I think that is a pretty good season. I think that global warming is also effecting this seasonal season and that we may soon see a longer season with stronger storms.

Season Hurricane

Yeah, they say the seasons are getting longer due to global warming. They are starting earlier and ending later every year. That said, they don't seem to be hitting the US coast all that frequently.

Hurricane Season

Warming seas could lead to 70 percent increase in hurricane-related financial loss. Hurricane-related financial loss could increase more than 70 percent by 2100 if oceans warm at the worst-case-scenario rate predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, according to a new study. The study used a combination of hurricane modeling and information in FEMA's HAZUS database to reach its conclusions. Source 6x.

Hurricane Season

Right now we have seen a record number of hurricanes this year. Seems the last ten storms in the Atlantic basin have all turned to hurricanes and that is a record. We have not had just a simple tropical storm. I think this shows how warm the ocean is already.

Hurricane Season Politics Business Civil & History

Scientists identify hotspots of coastal risks in Latin America and the Caribbean. The catastrophic 2017 hurricane season provided ample demonstrations of the vulnerability of populations and infrastructure in coastal areas to natural disasters. A new study identifies hotspots of coastal risks throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Source 2h.