Another active Atlantic hurricane season has been predicted for 2006, with US landfalling hurricane activity expected to be 60% above normal, according to Tropical Storm Risk (TSR).
Sixteen tropical storms are predicted for the Atlantic basin as a whole, with eight of these being hurricanes and four intense hurricanes. TSR also predicted five tropical storm strikes on the US, of which two will be hurricanes.
Professor Mark Saunders, the TSR lead scientist and head of seasonal forecasting and meteorological hazards at the Benfield Hazard Research Centre, said: "Despite the forecast for another active hurricane season in 2006, the chance of seeing as many as five intense hurricanes in the Gulf (as happened in 2005) is extremely remote."
