2005 Hurricane Season Will Be Stronger Than Projected

U.S. coastal residents already on edge because of two powerful and unprecedented July hurricanes are getting bad news today—the 2005 hurricane season is probably going to be worse than expected.

In May, hurricane forecasters William Gray and Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State University predicted eight hurricanes would form this season. Of those storms, four would be major hurricanes, with winds of at least 111 miles an hour