HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK

Some terms you may know, others not so much.

Some terms you may know, others not so much.

8 Ways to Prepare Your Home for Hurricane Season 8 Ways to Prepare Your Home for Hurricane Season (NCD)Hurricane season officially starts in a few weeks, but while there are no storms right now, it is time to prepare before a hurricane forms. >> Read more trending newsTo that end, May 1 through May 7 is Hurricane Preparedness Week. While people can’t prevent a storm, they can take precautions to lessen the financial and personal impact now. Then after the storm, check in on them again and see if they may need help evacuating. The anatomy of hurricanes A hurricane is a strong tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean.

Some terms you may know, others not so much.

ORLANDO, Fla. — NOAA is set to announce its initial outlook for the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season next week. The update is scheduled for May 20 at 12:30 p.m.READ: Hurricane Preparedness Week: How you can prepare now for hurricane seasonSpeakers will address the anticipated activity for the 2021 hurricane season, which runs June 1 to Nov. 30, and provide information on how to be prepared. Forecasters with Colorado State University reported last month that they believe there could be as many as 17 named storms for the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. READ: Tropical Depression Andres is the first system of the season to form in the PacificLast year, the first named storm, Tropical Storm Arthur, formed May 17. The 2020 season had 30 named storms including 13 hurricanes.

Hurricane season starts again in just three weeks. As Hurricane Preparedness Week gets underway, Channel 9 meteorologist George Waldenberger spoke with National Hurricane Director Ken Graham about what we all need to be doing now to get prepared. If you live near the coast, find out from your county’s emergency management office if you live in an evacuation zone. Then, if they issue an evacuation, you’ll know if you need to leave before the waters rise. If you are in an evacuation zone, know where you’ll go if you need to leave your home.