NOAA Predicts busy Atlantic hurricane season
Federal meteorologists say the Atlantic should expect another busy hurricane season this year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts 14 to 21 named storms. with six up to 10 becoming hurricanes. (May 24)
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Agatha, first named storm of east pacific season, The hurricane is expected to intensify to a Category 3 on Monday and bring “extremely dangerous storm surge and life-threatening winds” to southern Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said.
The storm is expected to maintain its intensity until landfall on South coast of Mexico Monday afternoon or evening, then sharp weakening over southeast Mexico Tuesday, the center said.
Agatha turned into a hurricane on Sunday morning.
His “way it’s too early to tell what Hurricane Agatha means. for USA, meteorologist Craig Setzer wrote on Twitter on Saturday. “Right now we just We’ll watch,” he said.
AccuWeather meteorologists noted that they will closely monitor Agatha’s “remains of energy” as she crosses Mexico and enters the Gulf. of Campeche. “Here is chance it can develop into the Atlantic basin first named storm,” the publication said.
A hurricane comes as federal forecasters expect another busy Atlantic hurricane season in 2022: Meteorologists say up to 10 hurricanes could form last a week. Atlantic season begins June 1 and runs until November 30; it’s peaking in August and September.
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Hurricane Agatha – the earliest first Hurricane in in the Eastern North Pacific since 2015, said Phil Klotzbach, research scientist at Colorado State University, wrote on Twitter.
As of ten pm CDT on Sunday, the storm was about 140 miles southwest of Puerto Angel, Mexico, moving northeast at 6 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The maximum sustained wind was about 110 mph on Sunday evening. Hurricane-force the winds spread out up up to 15 miles from the center, and a tropical stormforce the winds are blowing up up to 90 miles, the center said.
storm surge also According to the center, “extremely dangerous coastal flooding” and “large and destructive waves” are expected.
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President Joe Biden earlier this month pleaded with Americans pay attention to hurricane warnings and follow management of local officials.
“We know hurricanes are approaching us way. They grow more extreme every season so far,” Biden said during a press conference at Joint Base Andrews. in Maryland.
He added: “Given the climate crisis … we are expecting another heavy hurricane season. Storms will more intense, and as we have seen, we will have a shorter notification last year with Hurricane Ida.
Hurricane Ida, which made landfall in Louisiana last August, led to death of almost 90 people in eight US states, as well as additional later deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Contributing: Eva Chen, USA TODAY
