NU Online News Service, Aug. 3, 12:45 p.m. EDT

Hurricane forecasters at Colorado State University say their earlier prediction of a very active hurricane season remains unchanged with a total of 16 named storms predicted for the Atlantic basin.

Currently, Tropical Storm Emily, the fifth storm of the Atlantic Hurricane season, is headed toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti and has a chance to become the first hurricane of the season, according to the National Weather Service's current five day map.

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