Staring down another above-average hurricane season, America’s weather forecasting and disaster response agencies are more hollowed out than ever before – and that could leave tens of millions of Americans more vulnerable to these massive storms.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric agency is forecasting a range of 13 to 19 total named storms during the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November.

The National Hurricane Center has started tracking a tropical wave west off of the African coast just weeks ahead of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. It’s common to see tropical waves ahead of hurricane season, and this system is nothing out of the ordinary.

The Department of Homeland Security is inserting more than a half-dozen of its officials into key front office roles at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to effectively run the agency, according to multiple sources and an internal memo obtained by CNN.

The Atlantic hurricane season gets underway on Sunday, June 1, and forecasters are concerned that it will be similar to the 2024 season, which was one of the most devastating and costliest on record.

A project to pump sand onto Carolina and Kure beaches was supposed to happen this past winter, but rising costs mean it will now start this fall.

FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg talks with Dr. Michael Brennan, director of the National Hurricane Center about the challenges predicting what will happen in the 2025 hurricane season.

Amid signs of turmoil at the Federal Emergency Management Agency as the Atlantic hurricane season is about to begin, Gov. Ron DeSantis says he’s not concerned. In his view, Florida state and