John Morales

Fears of a backloaded hurricane season materialized in an awful way in the past few weeks. Hurricanes Helene and Milton collectively claimed hundreds of lives. And each hurricane is estimated to have produced at least $50 billion in damage.

In what has turned into a below-average hurricane season by many measures, a lack of areas of interest in the tropical Atlantic means all eyes are laser-focused on the one area in which something — anything — might develop.

This is the week in which historical statistics caught up with the activity we’ve seen so far.

It’s not even halftime and we’ve had two U.S. hurricane landfalls, including beastly Beryl, and more could come.

The rainmaker this week is not a tropical system. While it has been designated Invest 90L by the National Hurricane Center, development chances are low and not…

In a hurricane season full of surprises, we may see another yet. A tropical disturbance with a high chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm sat…

Lee indeed is the first Atlantic Cat 5 of 2023, but this hurricane is just one of eight tropical cyclones to attain this ill-famed intensity in the Atlantic…

Nearly three weeks of surprising calm in the Atlantic was suddenly broken by a slew of new tropical disturbances. On Friday, these easterly waves showed varying…