Scientists predict more major hurricanes than normal in 2020 season

Thu Apr 2 17:02:50 UTC 2020

How is ISPs hurricane response planning going?

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/490821-scientists-predict-more-major-hurricanes-than-normal-in-2020-season

Meteorologists are forecasting a significant hurricane and tropical storm 
season for the Atlantic coast in 2020, according to researchers at 
Colorado State University.
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According to the early projections, there is a 69 percent chance that at 
least one major hurricane will make landfall along a U.S. coastline in 
2020, compared to a regular average of 52 percent that has been reported 
over the last century.
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"Two of the last three years have had major hurricane landfalls in the 
U.S.," Miller said.

He added that before 2017, there was a 12-year drought without a single 
major hurricane landfall in the country, from Hurricane Wilma in 2005 to 
Hurricane Harvey in 2017.