'Prepare for one storm' | Highlands News-Sun | midfloridanewspapers.com

The 2024 hurricane season is shaping up like the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons. During 2004, there were four major hurricanes that made landfall in Florida; 2005 had five. This should not be a surprise, said ABC 7 Sarasota Chief Meteorologist Bob Harrigan, who told the audience at Saturday’s Hurricane Preparedness Expo hosted by the Highlands News-Sun at Lakeshore Mall in Sebring that the North Atlantic has multi-decadal oscillations in hurricane numbers and is currently in a decades-long active period. …