The Canadian Hurricane Centre is forecasting an active hurricane season for 2021 on the heels of the most active hurricane season on record last year. Robichaud said NOAA is predicting between 13 to 20 named storms in 2021. He said typically about 34 per cent of named storms, or four on average, find their way into Canadian waters. The World Meteorological Organization has already issued the list of hurricane names for 2021 from a list that is rotated every six years. There have been 19 named storms in May since 1950, according to Philip Klotzbach, who leads Atlantic hurricane season forecasting at Colorado State University.

Source: CBC News May 20, 2021 17:56 UTC