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http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-05-15T153409Z_01_N15289384_RTRUKOC_0_US-HURRICANES-FORECAST-ACCUWEATHER.xml&archived=False
Three Major Hurricanes to hit US this year: AccuWeather
Mon May 15, 2006 11:34 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three major hurricanes will strike the United
States this year, with the storm-battered Gulf Coast most at risk in
June and July, forecaster AccuWeather predicted Monday.
The outlook comes after a record-setting hurricane season in 2005 that
devastated New Orleans and other coastal cities along the Gulf, and
dealt a heavy blow to the U.S. oil industry that sent energy prices to
record highs.
"The 2006 storm season will be a creeping threat," said AccuWeather
Chief Forecaster Joe Bastardi. He projected that five hurricanes, three
of them with winds over 110 miles per hour, would hit the U.S.
coastline.
"Early in the season the Texas Gulf Coast faces the highest likelihood
of a hurricane strike, possibly putting Gulf energy production in the
line of fire," he said. "As early as July, and through much of the rest
of the season, the highest level of risk shifts to the Carolinas."
At the tail-end of the season, the Northeast and southern Florida will
be most at risk from storms, he said.
This year feature fewer named storms than last year's record of 28, but
will still be a season of above-average storm frequency, AccuWeather
said in the press release.
Last year, there were eight tropical storm landfalls in the U.S.,
including two separate strikes by Katrina as the storm crossed the
Florida peninsula and then plowed into the central Gulf Coast in late
August. Four of these were major hurricanes - with winds over 110 mph:
Dennis, Katrina, Rita and Wilma.
Hurricane Katrina was the costliest storm on record, causing more than
$80 billion in damage.
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