Pacific hurricane season News

Remnants of Hurricane Aid Fire Crews in Colorado, Wyoming

A welcome dose of rain spawned by a hurricane that churned through the Pacific has given a boost in the battle against two large wildfires in Colorado and Wyoming. The remnants of Hurricane Bud slowed the growth of the a …

El Nino Spares Mexico From a Bad Hurricane Season

Mexico weathered a record eastern Pacific hurricane season with almost no deaths and relatively little damage, given the intensity of this year’s storms. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its 2015 hurricane season report Tuesday, saying that “this …

Hawaii Told to Expect El Nino to Continue All Year

El Nino will bring tropical storms to Hawaii this summer as the weather event warms the Pacific Ocean and bumps up humidity. The National Weather Service predicts El Nino will almost definitely continue through the summer and likely last through …

UN Weather Agency Scratches ‘Isis’ From Storm Name List

The United Nations’ weather agency has removed “Isis” from a list of future Pacific hurricane names, deeming it inappropriate given that the extremist Islamic State group has used ISIS as an acronym. World Meteorological Organization spokeswoman Clare Nullis in Geneva …

Pacific Sees Another Tropical Storm as Atlantic’s Time Winds Down

Yet another tropical storm has blossomed in the Pacific south of Manzanillo, Mexico, while in the Atlantic the danger is fading, at least for the energy- producing areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Storm Simon developed today about 135 miles …

Havoc in Pacific Amid Atlantic Calm Points to Tale of Two Oceans

For all the Atlantic Ocean’s composure this hurricane season, the eastern Pacific is turbulent after already producing its 15th storm. Tropical Storm Odile formed southwest of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, yesterday, almost a full month before its 15th storm formed last …

Central Pacific Could See up to 7 Cyclones

The large swath of the Pacific that includes the islands could see four to seven tropical cyclones during the upcoming hurricane season, weather forecasters in Hawaii said Wednesday. Tom Evans, acting director of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center, said during …