National Hurricane Center

With less than two weeks until the beginning of hurricane season, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center issued their predictions for the season on Thursday.

They said to expect 12 to 16 named storms, including six to nine hurricanes.

The predictions were announced at a conference in St. Petersburg Thursday morning.

Forecasters said they're afraid that two years without a major landfall in the United States may have lulled coastal residents into complacency.