Last year was a busy hurricane season with storm after storm racing across the Caribbean, bringing multiple storms ashore in Florida, ravaging rains to the Carolina mountains and strong winds to downtown Houston; another robust season is likely to occur in the Atlantic in 2025.

Early predictions point to an active hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean. Here's what local residents should know.

The 2025 hurricane season is shaping up to be one of the most intense in recent years, with forecasters at Colorado State University predicting an above-normal active season. A staggering 17 named storms are expected,

Researchers at Colorado State University named 17 possible storms and nine potential hurricanes, four of those hurricanes predicted to be major. FOX 26 Meteorologist Allison Gargaro explains the predictions.

Researchers said that there will be 17 named storms and nine will become hurricanes. Typically, there are 14 named storms with seven becoming hurricanes. With the 17 predicted storms, there will be 85 days with named storms.

Researchers with Colorado State University (CSU) have released their first seasonal forecast for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. An above-average season is predicted for tropical activity in the Atlantic basin.

CSU forecasters predict an above-average probability for at least one major hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. or Caribbean.

Hurricane season forecasted to be busier than average

In their annual spring hurricane outlook, forecasters at Colorado State University predict the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season will have more named storms, more hurricanes and more total hurricane