A potentially fierce wildfire season has already begun,
and now Canadians are being warned about the possibility of
a significant hurricane season as well.
We do expect climate change to worsen the impacts of
hurricanes,
particularly the rainfall effects and particularly the storm surge impacts.
What we see water, water temperatures this warm,
you're looking at intensity and you're looking at the rate
of intensification,
which can be tremendous. Content watchers are forecasting an above
average hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean.
Anywhere between 17 and 25 named storms are expected and.
Up to 13 of those could become full-fledged hurricanes.
The Atlantic provinces are usually the most impacted in Canada,
but it's still too early to determine what path the
storms will take.