It's now officially hurricane season, and there's a lot of anxiety after last year's extraordinary devastation from several vicious storms.
What to watch: Forecasting groups including the U.S. government are calling for the likelihood of a near-average to slightly above-average season, though emerging signs may call for this projection to be revised downward mid-season.
Facing pressure and a lawsuit from Institute of Statistics, the Puerto Rican Health Department released death toll data, admitting that the devastating Hurricane Maria led to more than the 64 deaths the government had been claiming.
By the numbers: A recent Harvard study estimated that the real death toll was 4,645, which would have put it on par with the that of Hurricane Katrina. But these numbers released by the Puerto Rican government should not be viewed as the final, official death toll.
