Oct. 24 marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Wilma, which is still the strongest hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin ...

Toasty ocean temperatures and feisty gales off Africa are galvanizing tropical cyclone activity for the coming hurricane season ... is predicting 13 to 18 named storms, including up to 10 hurricanes.

Factors impacting the coming season include the ... can trigger more tropical waves moving off of Africa. Those, in turn, can develop into tropical storms that cross the Atlantic.