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US forecasters predict 10-16 tropical storms
Experts: Another active season ahead
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In this Sept. 12, 2017, file photo, Cherie Ethier sits in her mobile home with her pets surrounded by floodwater, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, in Naples, Fla. U.S. government forecasters are expecting an active Atlantic hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast released Thursday, calls for about 10 to 16 named storms, with about five to nine hurricanes. - photo by Associated Press
MIAMI — U.S. government forecasters said Thursday that they expect an active Atlantic hurricane season — an announcement that came as odds increased that the first tropical weather system of the year was forming in the Gulf of Mexico.
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