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• Noaa issues "above-normal" 2024 North Atlantic hurricane season prediction

  24 May 2024

  La Nina and increased ocean temperatures are cited as major drivers

• North Atlantic hurricane season gets underway amid forecast uncertainty

  01 June 2023

  Most forecasters have predicted a below normal or near normal activity

• Seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season predicted

  25 May 2022

  Experts warn climate change is driving dramatic changes to major weather events

• The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season: breaking unexpected records

  27 November 2020

  This year will be remembered for the having the largest number of tropical storms, but it has been a relatively lucky season without serious losses. For insurers and risk modellers, the long-term impact may be the advances in technology forced upon them by the pandemic, as Paul Walsh reports

• Hurricane forecasters worsen outlook for Atlantic basin

  07 August 2020

  The latest forecasts predict an "extremely active" season

• Noaa warns of busy 2020 hurricane season

  22 May 2020

  Between 6-10 hurricanes in the Atlantic are forecast

• Atlantic hurricane season set to ramp up

  09 August 2019

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has forecast increased hurricane activity

• US government shutdown hits hurricane forecasting work

  24 January 2019

  Forecasts for 2019 impacted by longest ever shutdown

• Experts maintain forecasts of below-average hurricane season

  09 August 2018

  A stark contrast to the devastating impact of the 2017 season

• 2018 Atlantic hurricane season - the calm after the storm?

  01 June 2018

  Last year's Atlantic hurricane season was one of the most catastrophic in recent memory with insured losses estimated at over $130bn. Now 12 months later and on the first official day of the season, forecasters believe relative calmness awaits. But forecasters are often wrong. Paul Walsh reports.