{"id":43419,"date":"2024-03-27T13:51:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T17:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=43419"},"modified":"2024-03-27T13:51:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T17:51:15","slug":"explosive-2024-hurricane-season-could-break-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/03\/27\/explosive-2024-hurricane-season-could-break-records\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Explosive’ 2024 Hurricane Season Could Break Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Floridians should gear up for an \u201cexplosive\u201d hurricane season \u2014 one that has the potential to break the all-time record of 30 named storms in one season, according to a new report from AccuWeather.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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During the 2024 hurricane season, which runs June 1 through Nov. 30, forecasters predict at least 20 to 25 named storms with a 10 to 15 percent chance of 30 or more storms this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of these named storms, eight to 12 of them could reach hurricane status with four to seven of the storms possibly becoming major hurricanes, and four to six hurricanes could have a direct hit to the United States, AccuWeather said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is forecast to feature well above the historical average number of tropical storms, hurricanes, major hurricanes, and direct U.S. impacts,\u201d Alex DaSilva, AccuWeather lead hurricane forecaster, said. \u201cAll indications are pointing toward a very active and potentially explosive Atlantic hurricane season in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While there were 19 named storms during the above-normal 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, only one hurricane directly hit the U.S. last year. Hurricane Idalia made landfall as a category-3 hurricane on Aug. 30 near Keaton Beach, Florida, causing storm surge inundation of 7 to 12 feet and widespread rainfall flooding in Florida and throughout the Southeast.<\/p>\n\n\n

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NOAA will issue its predictions for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This season, Texas, the Carolinas, and Florida \u2014 particularly the Panhandle and South Florida \u2014 face a heightened risk of a direct hit, forecasters added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a combination of four factors driving this year\u2019s predictions, DaSilva said: the move from El Ni\u00f1o into a La Ni\u00f1a weather pattern, historically warm ocean waters, a stronger African easterly jet stream, and the strength and position shift of the Bermuda-Azores high-pressure area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another factor to consider is climate change, Michael Brennan, National Hurricane Center director, told CBS News Miami\u2019s chief meteorologist Ivan Cabrera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sea level rise is \u201craising that base water level,\u201d Brennan said. \u201cWhen you have a hurricane come, that water is higher than it was 20, 30, 40 years ago. So, you\u2019re making the storm surge risk worse and you\u2019re expanding storm surge risk into places where maybe it didn\u2019t exist before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted that \u201cstorm surge and heavy rainfall flooding is what killed the vast majority of people in the U.S.\u201d during tropical storms and hurricanes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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