After a quiet month during the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, the tropical Atlantic is showing signs of life, with two areas that could develop over the coming days. What has limited tropical activity for much of the past month has been extensive areas of dry air,

Tropical Storm Elida is gaining strength in the open eastern Pacific, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and a minimum central pressure of 997 mb as of the latest advisory. The storm’s center sits at 15.

Colorado State University researchers have lowered their 2026 Atlantic hurricane season forecast for a second time, now projecting nine named storms, four hurricanes and one major hurricane as confidence grows that a strong or very strong El Niño will suppress activity during the season’s peak.

Forecasters say Arthur could generate life-threatening flash floods along the northern Gulf Coast. But it is not expected to strengthen further.

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Forecasters are watching a strengthening climate pattern that may fuel more storms in the eastern Pacific while reshaping hurricane risks elsewhere.

Tropical Storm Elida formed early Wednesday in the Eastern Pacific, roughly 560 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, as a strengthening El Niño fuels an active start to the

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