It’s been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific
The Pacific has spawned tropical storms in recent weeks almost like something off an assembly line. El Niño conditions that emerged in June pushed ocean waters warmer than usual, and that shift has set off unusual weather across much of the world. Warmer water feeds storms, and this year has offered plenty of it. Brian McNoldy, a hurricane expert at the University of Miami, said the pattern is ramping up to possibly the strongest El Niño ever recorded.
Tropical storms have spawned in the Pacific in what seems like assembly-line fashion in recent weeks, as El Niño conditions that emerged in June have caused waters to grow warmer than normal, setting off a chain of unusual weather around much of the world. “It’s ramping up to be perhaps the strongest El Niño on record,” University of Miami hurricane expert Brian McNoldy said.