The season is expected to be above average due to a "confluence of factors, including continued ENSO-neutral conditions, warmer than average ocean temperatures, forecasts for weak wind shear, and the potential for higher activity from the West African Monsoon, a primary starting point for Atlantic hurricanes," NOAA said in a media release.

The 2025 projection comes as local forecasting offices across the country are grappling with Trump’s sweeping federal cuts.

Though no colour-coded alert has been issued for the coming days, the IMD has forecast intermittent light rain and thunderstorms with winds up to 50 kmph to persist through the week.

The National Weather Service director says the hurricane center is fully staffed and that he will make sure local forecasting offices have necessary resources.

He’ll be at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, until 5 p.m., when he departs en route to the White House, where he’s due to arrive at 6:30. But even while the relative calm of a three-day weekend may afford a moment’s pause,

A 40-something woman feels ‘alone’ after several of her close friendships have unexpectedly ended in succession. She is now wondering if it is normal for people in their 40s to lose many friends, so she turned to Mumsnet to find out if other people could relate.

While working at a restaurant, Anneliese Van Der Pol had to wait on fellow Disney Channel star Ashley Tisdale. Anneliese said, "I wanna say she was lovely, but...She didn't do anything, but she was uncomfortable for me.

"Why we were sharing accommodation with others, why he had no space to play, I kept pretending everything was normal and we would get our place one day and be finally happy. "I kept spending lots of time outside in coffee shops to stay warm and to avoid my son getting dirty playing outside as we had no laundry available."