Forecasters think it could possibly be another active hurricane season this year. Hurricane season starts June 1 and ends November 30 with August and September traditionally being the most active months.

Preliminary predictions indicated that the U.S., the Caribbean and Mexico could experience seventeen tropical storms and nine hurricanes with five of those hurricanes being of very strong intensity.

Last year the Atlantic region was relatively quiet after being hit particularly hard in 2004 and 2005. The El Niño phenomenon was the reason behind this. Unfortunately, the rapid dissipation fo El Niño conditions has led to predictions of a very active season.

But, don't panic yet! While it's always wise to be prepared, it's still early days and further refinements in the predictions are expected.