NYTIMES (Judson Jones) - El Nino Might Mean More Storms for California Than the Atlantic Coast
It hasn’t been that long since Hurricane Hilary made a run at Southern California. Could this year see a repeat?
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - El Niño, Saharan dust, and wind shear keep the Atlantic hurricane season remarkably quiet
The Atlantic basin has produced just two named storms heading into August, with a strengthening El Niño, persistent Saharan dust, and punishing wind shear combining to suppress tropical development even as waves continue rolling off the African coast. FOX Weather hurricane specialist Bryan Norcross put the situation bluntly: the National Hurricane Center "continues to show […] The post El Niño, Saharan dust, and wind shear keep the Atlantic hurricane season remarkably quiet appeared first on American Almanac .
The Atlantic basin has produced just two named storms heading into August, with a strengthening El Niño, persistent Saharan dust, and punishing wind shear combining to suppress tropical development even as waves continue rolling off the African coast. FOX Weather hurricane specialist Bryan Norcross put the situation bluntly: the National Hurricane Center "continues to show crickets across the Atlantic, the Caribbean and the Gulf into this weekend." That assessment covers millions of square miles of open ocean, and none of it, for now, is producing anything close to a hurricane threat. The quiet stretch is unusual but not unexplained. FOX Weather meteorologist Stephen Morgan broke down the three forces acting as a roadblock: El Niño's…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Two monster storms churn across the Pacific as El Niño supercharges the 2026 season
Hurricane Genevieve became the first Category 5 hurricane in waters near North and Central America since 2024, and Super Typhoon Dolphin is threatening to match it, twin Pacific powerhouses fueled by El Niño's warm waters. Genevieve's maximum sustained winds hit 160 mph overnight Sunday into Monday, July 27, making it the strongest hurricane in the […] The post Two monster storms churn across the Pacific as El Niño supercharges the 2026 season appeared first on American Almanac .
Hurricane Genevieve became the first Category 5 hurricane in waters near North and Central America since 2024, and Super Typhoon Dolphin is threatening to match it, twin Pacific powerhouses fueled by El Niño's warm waters. Genevieve's maximum sustained winds hit 160 mph overnight Sunday into Monday, July 27, making it the strongest hurricane in the eastern Pacific this year. The storm formed as a tropical depression well off the coast of Mexico on the morning of July 24, strengthened into Tropical Storm Genevieve just hours later, and reached hurricane status by Saturday. Within another 24 hours it had exploded to Category 4 with 155-mph winds before crossing the Category 5 threshold overnight. AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Expert Alex…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Hurricane Genevieve hits Category 5 in the East Pacific — the first in two years — but stays far from shore
Hurricane Genevieve briefly reached Category 5 strength over open Pacific waters Monday morning, becoming the Northern Hemisphere's first major hurricane of the 2026 season while a second storm churns toward Hawaii. Genevieve's maximum sustained winds hit 155 mph early Monday, placing the storm at the top of the Saffir-Simpson scale roughly 520 miles south-southwest of […] The post Hurricane Genevieve hits Category 5 in the East Pacific — the first in two years — but stays far from shore appeared first on American Almanac .
Hurricane Genevieve briefly reached Category 5 strength over open Pacific waters Monday morning, becoming the Northern Hemisphere's first major hurricane of the 2026 season while a second storm churns toward Hawaii. Genevieve's maximum sustained winds hit 155 mph early Monday, placing the storm at the top of the Saffir-Simpson scale roughly 520 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect at the time, and forecasters said the hurricane would remain far out to sea. But swells rolling off the storm were already generating what the National Hurricane Center in Miami called "life-threatening surf and rip current conditions" along Mexico's southwestern coast and…Open
NYTIMES (Chico Harlan) - Is Climate Change Supercharging El Niño?
As a new, potentially record-breaking El Niño begins, researchers are vigorously debating whether climate change is driving the phenomenon’s intensity.
NEWSCATS - The STRONGEST El Nino In Decades Is Coming
Image: Late-May Cold Sweeps North America; Cool May In Europe, Then Narrative Flip; + Strong El Niño May Be Setting Up A La Niña Problem Related: About That “Super El Niño” Did the Sun’s “Terminator” Predict [...]
NEWSNATIONNOW (Zach Kaplan) - Is a 'super' El Niño coming this summer, and how could it impact weather?
Federal officials say a stronger El Niño doesn’t necessarily equate to more extreme weather.
NYTIMES (David Gelles) - The Weather Is Getting Wilder, and Some See a Dire Signal in the Data
Several of the Earth’s systems are changing faster than predicted as global temperatures rise, scientists say.
NYTIMES (Scott Dance) - Odds Rise That El Niño Will Soon Bring Weather Extremes
The climate pattern known for intense heat, floods and drought is likely to develop this summer, raising questions about disaster preparedness.
DAILYCALLER (Andrew Powell) - 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season To Potentially Be Suppressed As El Niño Expected To Arrive In Summer
El Niño is a natural climate cycle driven by fluctuations in the temperatures of the Pacific Ocean and atmospheric patterns