The federal government is warning of an extremely active hurricane season this year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects between 17 and 25 named storms to form in the Atlantic basin, well above the average of 14 storms seen over the last 30 years. The number of storms the agency forecast is the most it has ever predicted ahead of a hurricane season, which officially begins on June 1.
Fortunately, Georgia’s coastline has not taken a direct hit from a major hurricane in well over a century. Still, several storms in recent years that made landfall on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts have managed to cause serious damage in the Peach State. In addition to Idalia, Hurricane Michael first came ashore in 2018 on the Florida Panhandle, before churning north through Georgia, causing billions of dollars in property damage and crop losses.
