Atlantic Ocean

USA Today reports that hurricane season is behaving in ways without historical precedent, with both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans showing abnormal conditions. The piece argues the familiar seasonal patterns forecasters and coastal residents rely on no longer hold, describing the two ocean basins as historically out of whack and highlighting growing uncertainty around storm predictions.

Hawaii has experienced its third near-miss from a Pacific hurricane this season, according to reporting in The Atlantic. The storms have tracked close enough to the islands to raise alarms, prompting evacuations and emergency preparations even without direct landfalls. Commenters are linking the pattern to warmer ocean temperatures and are debating whether climate change is increasing hurricane threats to the islands.