The National Weather Service is predicting a below-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean this year, partly due to warming waters from an expected strong El Niño. This hurricane season, which begins June 1 and continues through Nov.

Forecasters expect 8 to 14 storms will form in the Atlantic between June 1 and November 30. But the danger is more serious than the numbers suggest.

NOAA's newly released hurricane season forecast warns that an unusually strong El Nino could potentially lead to extreme weather impacts in California.

Dr. Klotzbach noted that while last year’s hurricane season was above average by nearly every scientific metric, many in the United States might remember it as quiet because few major storms hit the U.S. coast. But there were three Category 5 hurricanes in 2025, including Melissa, whose winds and flooding caused devastation in Jamaica.

Even distant tropical cyclones can impact California's weather in serious ways, including massive ocean swells, wildfire-sparking lightning strikes and intense rainfall

New York is America’s biggest hurricane bullseye — and last night’s floods prove it. The images were jarring: commuters clinging to the roofs of their submerged cars on the Jackie Robinson