"Very Active" Hurricane Season

Today, the 1st of June, marks the first day of this year’s hurricane season. Colorado State University forecasters predict a “very active” year with five major storms expected, and an 82 percent chance that at least one will make landfall on the US east cost (compared to the normal likelihood of 52 percent).

Last year Katrina killed over 1,500 and cost billions of dollars in damage. New FEMA director David Paulison commented today on improved emergency measures, including better communication and evactuation plans.

We’ve gone through those [evacuation plans], we’ve rehearsed them, we’re very comfortable that those are going to work.

Paulison to CNN

ARTICLE (National Geographic) ARTICLE (LiveScience) LINK [Google News search for “hurricane season”]

Previously on CN:

LINK [Katrina] LINK [Katrina: Aftermath] [LINK]([link]) [Hurricane Roll Call] [LINK]([link]) [An Inconvenient Truth]