As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins, disaster relief organizations are ramping up preparations in response to forecasts calling for above-normal tropical activity. NOAA's seasonal outlook predicts 14 to 21 named storms, with up to 10 potentially becoming hurricanes.
Pre-Positioning for Impact
The American Red Cross has pre-positioned millions of ready-to-eat meals, water, blankets, and cots at strategic locations along the Gulf Coast and Atlantic seaboard, drawing on lessons from the devastating 2024 hurricane season.
Team Rubicon is conducting rapid-deployment exercises with veteran volunteers across the Southeast, ensuring teams can mobilize within hours of a storm making landfall.
Community Readiness
Feeding America is working with its network of food banks in hurricane-vulnerable regions to stockpile shelf-stable food and water, while The Salvation Army has deployed mobile feeding units to staging areas throughout Florida, Texas, and the Carolinas.
What You Can Do
Experts emphasize that the most critical time to prepare is before a storm threatens. Assembling emergency kits, reviewing evacuation routes, and supporting relief organizations in advance all contribute to community resilience.