Of those storms, the federal weather agency forecasts that six to 10 will be hurricanes — with three to five of them major. NOAA’s Atlantic hurricane outlook was released during a news conference Thursday, 10 days before the June 1 start of the season.

Insurance analysts are sounding the alarm over a US government decision to decommission a key climate data tool widely used by reinsurers and risk modellers worldwide, including Bermuda’s catastrophe