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The hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30 and NOAA forecasters expect between 12 to 17 named storms. Of those, 5 to 9 could become hurricanes, including 1 to 4 major hurricanes.

As another hurricane season approaches, Governor Roy Cooper is urging North Carolina residents to be prepared for severe tropical weather.

The storm strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday after pounding the Bahamas, as U.S. officials ordered evacuations that included former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club.

A revived Hurricane Ian made landfall on coastal South Carolina on Friday, threatening the historic city of Charleston with severe flooding after the deadly storm caused catastrophic damage in Flor

Ian had top winds of 125 mph and storm surge up to 14 feet as it moved over the western end of Cuba. It could head for Tampa and St. Petersburg next, the first direct hit on those cities in a century.

Authorities and residents in Florida were keeping a cautious eye on Tropical Storm Ian in the Caribbean on Sunday, expected to continue gaining strength and become a major hurricane.

As North Carolina prepares for the coming hurricane season, the state Department of Transportation has announced the development of a new early-flood warning system. 

There has been a fivefold increase in the number of documented weather-related disasters in the last 50 years, driven in large part by climate change, a U.N. agency says.

It's the busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record. When it makes landfall early next week, Iota could drop up more than 2 feet of rain in an area still recovering from Hurricane Eta.