Irene is unlikely to be the only major hurricane this year.

艾琳不可能是今年唯一的主要飓风。

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An average Atlantic hurricane season will see 11 named storms, six hurricanes and two major hurricanes.

平均起来，在大西洋飓风季节里，可以看到11个被命名的风暴，6个飓风和2个主要飓风。

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Our last major hurricane, hurricane Isabel, occurred in 2003 and caused record power outages and had wind gusts up to 100 MPH.

上一次大的飓风是2003年的伊莎贝尔飓风。那次飓风风速达到每小时100英里，引起了最严重的一次电力中断。

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But the poorly designed protection system was widely known to be too weak to protect against a major hurricane.

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In addition, the team said, there is an above-average major hurricane landfall risk in the Caribbean.

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The report also predicted an above-average risk of a major hurricane landfall in the Caribbean and in the Bahamas.

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During all of 2004, the entire Atlantic basin saw nine hurricanes, with six of them reaching major hurricane status.

CNN: 'Very active' hurricane season forecast