Last year's stormy season ended with a whimper and without a single hurricane hitting US shores. But experts say tourists and others should brace themselves for the 2007 season.
They are predicting a flurry of storms.
One forecaster predicted the coming hurricane season would be "very active."
Both the William Gray-Phil Klotzbach team at Colorado State University and the British group Tropical Storm Risk this week both increased the numbers from their December forecasts, and are now calling for 17 named storms and nine hurricanes.
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