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Swift Security Preparations and Recovery This Storm Season BY NATHAN VARN
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hen Colorado State University issued its first outlook for the 2024 hurricane season, it was hard to miss the main takeaway—there’s an “above-average probability for major hurricanes” expected to make landfall along U.S. coasts and the Caribbean. Two primary factors contribute to this forecast: the first being that El Niño conditions are expected to change to La Niña in the summer or fall, which can create favorable conditions for tropical storms and hurricanes; and second, water temperatures in the Atlantic are already at “record warm levels” and will likely stay that way. Even with this initial outlook, we know that it only takes one severe storm 72 June 2024 FLCAJ | www.fcapgroup.com