00:00Forecasters are raising alarms ahead of what could be one of the most destructive Atlantic hurricane seasons in modern history.
00:06The 2026 season officially begins June 1, but conditions are already primed for an exceptionally dangerous year.
00:14Abnormally warm sea surface temperatures across the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic are providing the fuel that intensifies storms
00:21rapidly.
00:23NOAA and Colorado State University are both projecting an above-normal season, with the potential for multiple major Category 4
00:30and 5 storms making landfall along the U.S. coastline.
00:34The Gulf Coast, East Coast, and Caribbean are all at elevated risk.
00:39States from Texas to Maine are being urged to prepare now, before the first storm forms.
00:44Last year delivered record-breaking tornadoes.
00:47This year, it may be hurricanes that rewrite the record books.
00:51Emergency managers in Florida, Texas, Louisiana, and the Carolinas are already in planning sessions.
00:57The time to prepare is not when a storm is named.
01:01It is right now.
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