| By KASEY BUBNASH | Staff writer |
Good morning and thanks for starting your week with us. Here are some of the day's top headlines. Rapid intensification: Saturday marked the first day of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, and thanks to technological advances being tested this year, scientists could be able to more accurately predict whether an incoming tropical storm will quickly gain enough strength to become a major hurricane. The forecasting improvements come not a moment too soon. Mark Schleifstein explains. Cantore on the coast: When you live in a state like Louisiana, you know it's never a good sign when Jim Cantore shows up in your town. But this weekend, the famous Weather Channel meteorologist was on the Mississippi Coast hanging out with a famous storm chaser, rather than chasing a storm himself. Justin Mitchell has the story. OMV debt: Many Louisianans are stuck beneath crushing OMV debt. Fines for insurance lapses, even brief ones, can quickly balloon, sometimes to sums of tens of thousands of dollars. A bill that recently passed the Legislature could help fix the problem. Meghan Friedmann has the details. Thanks for reading, and check out all the latest news, sports and entertainment coverage from The Times-Picayune. Kasey | 