ATLANTA, Ga. — With the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season here, The Weather Channel (TWC) will bring viewers the thrill and excitement of “Hurricane Week” today through June 13. The week will be dedicated to preparing viewers for the season with informative segments and safety tips, along with hurricane-themed programming.

TWC will also introduce its new hurricane expert, Dr. Rick Knabb, who will make his hurricane season debut providing in-depth forecast analysis and tropical storm updates as they happen.

In addition, Meteorologists Jim Cantore and Stephanie Abrams will offer live reports from locations that have witnessed historic hurricanes from the record-breaking 2005 season.

The week of original programming begins today at 7 p.m. with new hurricane-related episodes of the popular series “Storm Stories,” hosted by Cantore. Viewers will hear tales from survivors and rescuers battling amazing weather events, including harrowing stories from 2005 with hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

There will also be a special episode from “Storm Riders.” “Hurricane Bill,” premieres today at 8 p.m., following intrepid chasers Simon and Juston as they take a break from Tornado Alley to hunt one of Mother Nature’s most powerful forces, hurricanes.

New “Storm Stories” episodes include:

•Sunday:

“Katrina WLOX” (7 p.m.) — A local TV station along the Mississippi Gulf Coast decides to stick with around-the-clock coverage, risking their own lives to inform and urge residents to evacuate as Hurricane Katrina targets their backyards.

The news team continues to broadcast as powerful winds rip the roof off the station and knocks down towers, cutting off electricity.

“Hurricane Camille” (7:30 p.m.) — Locals living along the Gulf Coast are no stranger to hurricanes. This idyllic spot can also be the ideal spot for major hurricanes as it was in 1969 when Hurricane Camille swept through, leaving lives shattered and forever changed.

Witness survivors’ stories as families are separated by surging flood waters, and are left to fight for their own survival.

•Monday

“Iniki Wedding” (7 p.m.) — Sept. 11, 1992. Hurricane Iniki bulldozes the beautiful island of Kauai in Hawaii. The most powerful hurricane to ever hit the state turns a romantic dream honeymoon into a nightmare for one pair of newlyweds, and gives another couple a wedding that they will never forget.

“Hurricane Camille” (7:30 p.m.) – *See Sunday at 7:30 p.m.

Hurricane-related episodes of “It Could Happen Tomorrow,” “When Weather Changed History” and additional episodes of “Storm Stories” will be shown throughout the week.

Hurricane preparation and safety tips, information and video will be featured online and on mobile from www.weather.com.

Cantore and Abrams will report from various locations devastated by past hurricanes. Beginning Monday, Abrams will be reporting from New Orleans and Cantore will be in Gulfport, Miss., meeting with locals who were affected by Hurricane Katrina and giving viewers a closer look at how far along the rebuilding and healing process has come nearly five years later.

Additional Hurricane Week live reports include:

•Tuesday: Cantore — Waveland, Miss. (Hurricane Katrina).

•Wednesday: Abrams — Florida Gulf Coast (Hurricane Dennis).

•Thursday: Cantore — Cameron Parish, La. (Hurricane Rita).

•Friday: Abrams — Miami Beach, Fla. (Hurricane Wilma).