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Encore: Get ready for another destructive Atlantic hurricane season

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Federal forecasters predict 14 to 21 named storms will form in the Atlantic this hurricane season, which begins June 1. (This story first on on All Things Considered on May 24, 2022)

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Get ready for another destructive Atlantic hurricane season

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

The start of hurricane season is about a week away, and federal forecasters are predicting we could see as many as 21 named storms this year. That's higher than average and part of a trend driven in part by climate change. Here's Rebecca Hersher from NPR's climate team.

REBECCA HERSHER, BYLINE²: Between six and 10 of the storms are forecast to be full-blown hurricanes, which is a lot. Rick Spinrad is the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric³ Administration, NOAA.

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RICK SPINRAD: NOAA is predicting an above-normal 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, which would make this year the seventh consecutive⁴ above-normal season.

HERSHER: That's bad news for the millions of people who live in the potential path of a storm, which includes a huge swath of the U.S. from the Northeast to the Southeast and the Gulf⁵ Coast. Matthew Rosencrans is NOAA's lead hurricane forecaster.

MATTHEW ROSENCRANS: So hurricanes are anywhere from 200 to 1,000 miles across in their impact. So you can be even a thousand miles from the coastline and have an impact.

HERSHER: Flooding is a big impact, he says. Climate change is making storms rainier. That was on deadly display just last year with Hurricane Ida. It made landfall in Louisiana with powerful wind and rain and killed dozens of people there. Then it moved northeast across nine states.

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ERIC ADAMS: Just last year, the remnants of Hurricane Ida caused torrential rains and flash flooding that killed 13 New Yorkers in basement apartments.

HERSHER: That's New York City Mayor Eric Adams. And to underscore how widespread hurricane risk really is, NOAA announced its 2022 hurricane forecast in New York City, not exactly the place most Americans think of when they think of hurricanes. There have always been cycles of more and less active hurricane seasons. The last seven years or so have been an active cycle. But climate change is also a big part of it. Hotter air and hotter ocean water create perfect conditions for hurricanes. And Matthew Rosencrans says this year the water in the Gulf of Mexico could be extra hot because of something called the loop current. Imagine a river of hot water looping into the Gulf of Mexico, and then a blob detaches and just sits there, right in the path of any hurricane that's headed toward land.

ROSENCRANS: If a storm does form and move across that area, it's kind of like moving on to, like, an area where it can be kind of supercharged really quickly.

HERSHER: That could mean storms that get big and dangerous very quickly, too quickly for people to evacuate⁶. Federal forecasters are clear - get ready for a tough hurricane season. It starts June 1 and runs through November.

Rebecca Hersher, NPR News.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 atmospheric   

adj.大气的，空气的；大气层的；大气所引起的

参考例句：

• Sea surface temperatures and atmospheric circulation are strongly coupled.海洋表面温度与大气环流是密切相关的。
• Clouds return radiant energy to the surface primarily via the atmospheric window.云主要通过大气窗区向地表辐射能量。

4 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

5 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

6 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。