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Florida's hurricane vulnerability
Florida is no stranger to hurricanes. The storms form in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Straits and can move in unpredictable ways. As the following two tracking charts indicate, some years experience more activity than others. Hurricane experts predict the next decade will be much more active than the 1980s and 1990s.
(Source: Barnes, J. (2000) "The History of
Florida Hurricanes.")
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