The calm instead of the storm

Surprise El Niño soothed this year’s hurricane season.

2006 was supposed to be a rough year for Atlantic hurricanes. Coming on the back of the devastating 2005 season — which saw Hurricane Katrina ravage the US Gulf Coast and forecasters run out of alphabetized names for storms — both researchers and the public were braced for an above-average season.

Read the story here.

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The calm instead of the storm

Surprise El Niño soothed this year’s hurricane season.

2006 was supposed to be a rough year for Atlantic hurricanes. Coming on the back of the devastating 2005 season — which saw Hurricane Katrina ravage the US Gulf Coast and forecasters run out of alphabetized names for storms — both researchers and the public were braced for an above-average season.

Read the story here.

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