Earth Is On Track to Break the All-Time Record for Category 5 Hurricanes This Year
The U.S. may be enjoying a quiet Atlantic hurricane season thanks to a growing “super” El Niño, but don’t let that fool you. A very strong El Niño encouraged the development of 12 Cat 5s that year, 10 in the Northwest Pacific and two in the Northeast Pacific. The system that would become Dolphin went through two bouts of rapid intensification in the Northwest Pacific this week: one between Monday and Tuesday and another late Wednesday, meteorologists report for Yale Climate Connections.
- ▪The U.S. may be enjoying a quiet Atlantic hurricane season thanks to a growing “super” El Niño, but don’t let that fool you.
- ▪A very strong El Niño encouraged the development of 12 Cat 5s that year, 10 in the Northwest Pacific and two in the Northeast Pacific.
- ▪The system that would become Dolphin went through two bouts of rapid intensification in the Northwest Pacific this week: one between Monday and Tuesday and another late Wednesday, meteorologists report for Yale Climate Connections.
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The U.S. may be enjoying a quiet Atlantic hurricane season thanks to a growing “super” El Niño, but don’t let that fool you. This climatic phenomenon is supercharging storm activity over the Pacific Ocean—so much so that Earth is on track for a record-breaking year of Category 5 hurricanes.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000793379","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"earther","SECTION":"earth-science","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"earth-science","TAGS":"el-nino,extreme-weather,hurricanes","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); Super typhoon Dolphin is the fifth Cat 5 tropical cyclone of 2026, putting…
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