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Where have all the Atlantic hurricanes gone? El Niño might bring record slow storm season

On Saturday, 2026 set a record for the longest a season has begun without a storm that has reached winds of 74 mph to qualify as a hurricane — at least in the satellite era, said Nick Novella, a meteorologist at the government's Weather Prediction Center.

Where have all the Atlantic hurricanes gone? El Niño might bring record slow storm season

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