Forecasters predict a very active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season

Warmer ocean temperatures in the tropical Atlantic could fuel stronger storms

Hurricane Dorian

Hurricane Dorian, shown here on Sept. 3, 2019, barreled into the Bahamas as a Category 5 storm before weakening as it moved toward the United States.

Lauren Dauphin/NASA Earth Observatory, using MODIS data from LANCE/ NASA EOSDIS and Worldview/GIBS

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