Get ready for another active Atlantic hurricane season, with as many as 17 possible storms and the chance that at least one could have impacts on New England, experts from Colorado State University said in their initial forecast released Thursday morning.

Of those 17 storms, researchers forecast that nine will become hurricanes. Last year, 18 storms formed, but just five made landfall in the United States, including devastating Hurricanes Helene and Milton. None directly impacted the New England states.

The expected busy season is due to the presence of unusually warm water in the Atlantic Ocean where hurricanes form, along with the predicted absence of an El Nin?o, which can inhibit hurricane formation.

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