`Back-Loaded' Hurricane Season Bearing Down on U.S. Coast
- Next six weeks could see a train of Atlantic storms develop
- Factors that have hindered hurricane since June 1 are now gone
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Don’t be lulled by a quiet June and July, the real Atlantic hurricane season is about to kick off.
The hurricane season runs from June 1 to the end of November. But the next six weeks -- “the season within a season” -- is regularly the most dangerous and active time for storms to develop in the Atlantic, said Dennis Feltgen, spokesman for the National Hurricane Center in Miami.