Forecasters Expect Up to 9 Hurricanes This Season

The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season should be about as bad as normal or slightly busier, with a good chance of six to nine hurricanes forming, federal forecasters said Thursday in a new way of predicting how active the season could be. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials also said 12 to 16 named storms and two to five major hurricanes could form. They said there is only a 60 to 70 percent chance for their predictions to come true. This is the first time they gave a... Full Story