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This year could see more hurricanes forming above the Atlantic than usual
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The Atlantic is now more likely than not to see an above-average number of hurricanes this year thanks to the unusually hot temperatures in the ocean, according to a forecast from the US National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This is despite the strengthening El Niño climate pattern which usually reduces Atlantic hurricane activity.
The agency now forecasts a 60 per cent chance that there will be more tropical storms and hurricanes reaching the threshold for receiving a …
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