Super El Niño Could Push 2026 Toward Record Cat 5 Hurricanes
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A strengthening Super El Niño is driving an unusually active Pacific for 2026, producing multiple Category 5 storms including Dolphin (the year’s fifth), and putting the year on track to surpass the 1997 global Cat 5 record. NOAA expects above-normal Pacific activity while Atlantic activity remains relatively quiet, signaling a potential record-breaking year for Cat 5 hurricanes.
- Earth Is On Track to Break the All-Time Record for Category 5 Hurricanes This Year Gizmodo
- Super Typhoon Dolphin barrels towards Asia as it reaches 160 mph winds, equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane FOX Weather
- Typhoon Dolphin Forecast to Reach Sea Near Japan’s Minami-Torishima Island by Sunday The Japan News
- Historic Super Typhoon Dolphin hits Category 5 strength in the Northwest Pacific Yale Climate Connections
- Super Typhoon 12W (Dolphin), # 13 stripes.com
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