hurricane
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In the historical Atlantic hurricane database, there has not been a year without a hurricane recorded since 1914.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
One major reason for the drop in hurricane activity in the Atlantic this season: El Niño.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Meanwhile Tropical Storm Rachel is paralleling Mexico's Pacific coast and is forecast to strengthen into a major hurricane by Thursday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
A hurricane is an engine that pulls in heat and is rotated by wind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Rar-rar-rar-rar-rar!— like he could scare the hurricane back out to sea.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
The eerily quiet season continues and with just two months left, there is an increasing possibility that no hurricanes will develop at all.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
This year, wind shear is concentrated in the same spot where hurricanes historically develop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Warmer seas help spawn Pacific hurricanes, which have already battered Hawai‘i this year. As I write this, rhyming storms named Polo and Nolo threaten to bring flooding to Hawai‘i and Mexico.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
He said that pattern is consistent with El Niño years, when the Pacific often sees more tropical storms and hurricanes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Category 5 hurricanes had only struck the United States mainland three times before, and never New Orleans.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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