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Below-average hurricane season forecast for 2026 as El Niño set to strengthen

2026 is forecast to have fewer hurricanes than average If the number of hurricanes forecast is higher than average these are referred to as active or hyperactive seasons

US will see below-average 2026 hurricane season with up to 14 named storms, Noaa predicts

forecast climate-fuelled extreme weather, he said. “As a result, we head into the 2026 Atlantic and eastern Pacific hurricane seasons

Forecasters expect slightly fewer hurricanes than usual this year, but the risk of destructive storms is still high

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center expect slightly fewer storms than average during the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season

Trump cuts to weather data could make forecasts less reliable, warn experts

2026 Atlantic hurricane season on Thursday.  A satellite image provided by Noaa of Hurricane Melissa. Photograph: Getty Images ## ‘A climate that no longer

Warning of record global temperatures as chance of very strong El Niño grows

2026. BoM peaks at 2.7C with EC at 2.5C and NOAA at 2.0C](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1920/cpsprodpb/f234/live/7e05cab0-4f9b-11f1-8b8c-6d33e1d5abb6.jpg)Image source, BBC Weather Image caption, Graph shows the change in temperature at a specific location over

Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounds remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean

2026. **AP/NOAA** AP/NOAA Tropical force winds and torrential rainfall also led to flash flooding on Guam, a U.S. territory to the south with several U.S. military installations and about 170,000 residents, the weather service