ClimateWire: Scientists are expecting twice as many hurricanes as normal in a looming storm season that stands to stoke political tensions over the cost of disasters months after Congress opened the vault to pay for Superstorm Sandy.
The season beginning June 1 has a 70 percent chance of producing seven to 11 hurricanes, of which three to six could be Category 3 or higher with winds of at least 111 miles an hour, officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced yesterday.
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