Forecasters predict an above average 2006 storm season this yearwith perhaps not quite the punch of last year's recordactivity.
The Colorado State University forecast team said Tuesday thatthe U.S. Atlantic Basin will experience an active storm season thisyear, but most likely with fewer intense landfalling hurricanesthan last year, the costliest period ever for insurers.
Colorado State Professor William Gray said he expects thecurrent period of major Atlantic hurricane activity to continue foranother 15-to-20 years. “But it is statistically unlikely that thecoming 2006-2007 hurricane season, or the seasons that follow, willhave the number of major U.S. hurricane landfall events we haveseen in 2004-2005,” he said.
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