The 2021 Hurricane season starts June 1; prepare now for potential storms

BATON ROUGE — The recordbreaking 2020 hurricane season, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, saw 30 named storms, with 12 making landfall in the continental United States. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting another active season with between 13 and 20 named storms, six to 10 hurricanes and three to five major hurricanes (category 3 or above). Between...

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