Why haven’t we had an Atlantic hurricane yet? Thank El Niño.

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By Matt SimonSep 25, 2026, 12:30 am16 pts
You are about to time-travel. Off the Pacific coast of South America, the band of warm water known as El Niño is mutating into a freak of nature. At more than 3 degrees Celsius above normal, it’s the warmest El Niño recorded since satellites started measuring sea surface temperatures half a century ago,…

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