hurricane
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Plus, why we sound like chatbots, how El Niño made the Atlantic hurricane season disappear, and the race to build AI defenses against bioweapons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
In the historical Atlantic hurricane database, there has not been a year without a hurricane recorded since 1914.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
A hurricane is an engine that pulls in heat and is rotated by wind.
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
“Five miles isn’t too bad,” Chase said, not mentioning that walking five miles in a hurricane was probably like walking fifty miles.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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
Mexico gets hit by hurricanes every year, both on the Pacific coast and the Atlantic coast, usually between May and November.
From Barron's ● 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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