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El Niño fuels busy Pacific hurricane season while Atlantic stays quiet
Original: The Pacific is churning with hurricanes. The Atlantic is quiet. Blame El Niño
Forecasters say El Niño is driving a stark divide in tropical activity this hurricane season. The pattern has strengthened winds over the Atlantic, tearing storms apart and keeping that basin unusually calm, while warm Pacific waters are generating repeated hurricanes. Meteorologists expect the imbalance to persist as long as El Niño conditions hold through the season.
Why now: An active El Niño is producing an unusual split in hurricane activity between the two ocean basins, drawing attention from weather watchers.
El NiñoPacific OceanAtlantic OceanNational Weather Service
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