The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts an active Atlantic hurricane season for 2021 and expects six to ten hurricanes to occur during the year, with three to five of those likely to become major hurricanes of Category 3 or above on the Saffir-Simpson scale. So far, four hurricanes have formed over the Atlantic basin in 2021. 

The latest—and strongest—of the ongoing season was Hurricane Ida, which made landfall in Louisiana Sunday night, causing evacuations, flooding and power cuts. The latter were especially devastating as many COVID-19 patients on ventilators are currently filling hospitals in the state. 

Ida was classified as a category 4 hurricane, the second major hurricane of the season after Hurricane Grace, which hit the Mexican state of Veracruz as a category 3 storm. Click here to read the full story from Statista.com.