Posted To: Pipeline Press
The headline this morning is seven people dying in a car crash caused by a Utah sandstorm. The damage caused by storms, including hurricanes in the East and fires in the West, often makes FEMA’s disaster list. The 2021 hurricane season began on June 1 and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting a range of 13 to 20 named storms, a 60 percent chance of above-normal activity. Six to 10 of the storms could become hurricanes, including 3 to 5 major hurricanes (category 3, 4, or 5). Several factors contributed to the above-normal hurricane season: predicted warmer-than-average temperatures in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, weaker tropical Atlantic trade winds, and an enhanced west African monsoon. We actually had Tropical storm Ana grace the Atlantic…(read more)
Source: Mortgage News Daily
