How To Know If A Hurricane Is Coming For You

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🗓️ 13 August 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Federal forecasters are predicting a busy hurricane season this year — three to six of them could be major hurricanes. So how do you know if one is headed toward your community, and if so, how to prepare? There are maps and forecasts, but they're often confusing. NPR climate reporter Rebecca Hersher explains how to avoid the most common mistakes.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:04.8	Hello Rebecca Hersher and PR Climate Reporter.
0:07.4	Hello Emily Kwong, benevolent warrior wrists.
0:10.1	Oh, I think you.
0:10.9	Guess what?
0:11.6	What?
0:12.6	It's hurricane season.
0:14.2	Oh man.
0:15.2	Everybody wants to know how busy is this hurricane season going to be and how bad?
0:20.2	The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season's been the busiest on record.
0:24.5	Look at all this.
0:25.3	It's shaping up to be a busy weather weekend with three major tropical storm systems expected
0:30.8	to make landfall.
0:32.0	Yeah, I mean, we've already had a few big and deadly storms.
0:36.4	Is I yes, most recently?
0:38.3	It's shaping up to be a pretty active season, Becky.
0:41.1	Yeah, for sure.
0:42.0	Federal forecasters have been saying for months that conditions are really good for hurricanes,
0:46.8	which, you know, bad for humans.
0:48.7	Yeah.
0:48.9	They're predicting more than average.
0:50.8	That means 19 to 25 named storms, like tropical storms and hurricanes that get big and powerful
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