The first hurricane forecast of the year from the experts at Colorado State University released Thursday calls for an above-average season with

A new forecast from researchers at Colorado State University predicts the 2025 hurricane season will be busier than an average year.

It’s only spring, but some weather forecasters are already focusing on this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. The season, which spans June through November, is shaping up to be a busy one, according to hurricane researchers at Colorado State University.

Last year was a busy hurricane season with storm after storm racing across the Caribbean, bringing multiple storms ashore in Florida, ravaging rains to the Carolina mountains and strong winds to downtown Houston;

How many hurricanes are expected in the 2025 season? A busy season is forecast due to the presence of unusually warm water in the Atlantic Ocean.

Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be more active than average, with 17 named storms expected. HOUSTON — The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be more active than average, with a higher chance of major hurricanes impacting the U.

CSU forecasters predict an above-average probability for at least one major hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. or Caribbean.

Palm Beach County has a 50% chance of a named storm passing within 50 miles of its coast. That’s above the climatological average of 42%.

In their annual spring hurricane outlook, forecasters at Colorado State University predict the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season will have more named storms, more hurricanes and more total hurricane

The World Meteorological Organization has retired the names Beryl, Helene and Milton because of the death and destruction these storms caused in 2024.

It was a quiet 2024 hurricane season for Southwest Florida until late September and early October when two powerful storms hit in a 13-day span.

- Daniel Delgado reaches to touch a photo of his wife, Monica Hernandez, who died at Impact Plastics during flooding caused by Hurricane Helene, at a vigil for victims of the tragedy in Erwin, Tenn.,

These hurricanes of 2024 were either so destructive and/or deadly that an international committee retired their names from use in future hurricanes. That's happened many times in the past 70-plus years.

Four names have been removed from the lists of hurricane names maintained by the World Meteorological Organization. Beryl, Helene and Milton have been retired from the Atlantic hurricane name list, while John was retired from the Pacific list.

Typically, names are repeated every six years. But once a hurricane becomes deadly, the name is retired from the list.

Beryl was the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin and had a major impact in the Caribbean. A nation hit hardest by a devastating storm can request its na

Typically, names are repeated every six years. But once a hurricane becomes deadly, the name is retired from the list.

The names Brianna, Holly and Miguel will replace Beryl, Helene and Milton on the Atlantic hurricane list, while Jake will replace John in the eastern Pacific. Names are retired when storms are so deadly or costly that reusing the name would be insensitive.