How could El Nino reshape tropical storms around the world this year?

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Jun 01, 2026 · 1246 words · By Marium Ali

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Al Jazeera reports: How could El Nino reshape tropical storms around the world this year?.

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Al Jazeera reports: How could El Nino reshape tropical storms around the world this year?.

Why it matters

El Nino tends to reduce hurricanes in the Atlantic while increasing storms in the Pacific Ocean.

Common ground

The Atlantic hurricane season has just begun and runs from Monday to November 30 with storm activity peaking in mid-September.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Typhoon season is most common from May to October?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 25 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Typhoon season is most common from May to October”

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Claim 2: “An average season has 14 named storms and seven hurricanes, including three major hurricanes.”

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Claim 3: “When the wind speeds reach 119km/h (74mph), the storm becomes a tropical cyclone, typhoon or hurricane.”

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No evidence was provided to verify the specific wind speed threshold for a hurricane/typhoon.

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Claim 4: “Cyclone season typically runs from November to April.”

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Claim 5: “Both are part of a larger climate pattern called ENSO (El Nino-Southern Oscillation), which has three phases”

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Wikipedia and NOAA explicitly state that El Niño and La Niña are phases of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate pattern.

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web search NEUTRAL — El Niño and La Niña are the warm and cool phases of a natural climate pattern across the tropical Pacific known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, or “ENSO” ...
https://www.climate.gov/enso

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 16, 2024 ... El Niño and La Niña are two opposing climate patterns ... Scientists call these phenomena the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle.
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ninonina.html

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web search NEUTRAL — El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation

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Claim 6: “Hurricanes: These storms occur in the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific”

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Claim 7: “When winds reach speeds of 63 kilometres per hour (39 miles per hour), the storm is called a tropical storm.”

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No evidence was provided to verify the specific wind speed threshold for a tropical storm.

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Claim 8: “A Category 1 hurricane will bring with it sustained winds of 119-153km/h (74-95mph) whereas a Category 5 storm can generate winds of more than 252km/h (157mph).”

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Claim 9: “El Nino is the periodic warming of surface sea temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.”

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Multiple authoritative sources, including NOAA and Wikipedia, explicitly define El Niño as the warming of surface sea temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1997–1998 El Niño was regarded as one of the most powerful El Niño–Southern Oscillation events in recorded history, resulting in widespread droughts, flooding and other natural disasters across th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997–98_El_Niño_event

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2014–2016 El Niño was the second-strongest El Niño event on record, with unusually warm waters developing between the coast of South America and the International Date Line. These unusually warm w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014–2016_El_Niño_event

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean. Those variations have an irregular…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation

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Claim 10: “In the US alone, hurricanes have caused 7,211 deaths, or an average of 160 per year, from 1980 to 2024, and caused about $1.55 trillion in economic losses.”

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Claim 11: “El Nino tends to reduce hurricanes in the Atlantic while increasing storms in the Pacific Ocean.”

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While the evidence provided describes El Niño as a climate phenomenon involving warm waters in the Pacific, none of the provided search results or Wikipedia snippets specifically mention its effect on Atlantic hurricane reduction or Pacific storm increases.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–2024 El Niño was regarded as the fifth-most powerful El Niño–Southern Oscillation event in recorded history, resulting in widespread droughts, flooding and other natural disasters across the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–2024_El_Niño_event

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Claim 12: “The Atlantic hurricane season has just begun and runs from Monday to November 30 with storm activity peaking in mid-September.”

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The claim states the season runs from 'Monday to November 30' and peaks in 'mid-September'. Evidence from Wikipedia and other sources confirms the season runs from June 1 to November 30. Furthermore, multiple sources state the peak is from mid-August to late October, making 'mid-September' a narrow interpretation and the 'Monday' start date inaccurate compared to the official June 1 date.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about 85,133,000 square kilometers (32,870,000 sq mi). It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1857 in Boston as The Atlantic Monthly, it began as a literary and cultural magazine that publish…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is the current Atlantic hurricane season in the Northern Hemisphere. The season officially began on June 1, 2026, and will end on November 30, 2026. These dates, ado…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Atlantic_hurricane_season

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Claim 13: “forecasters at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted a quieter‑than‑usual Atlantic hurricane season, largely due to a phenomenon called El Nino.”

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The evidence confirms that NOAA is a scientific agency that forecasts weather and that El Niño exists, but no specific NOAA prediction for a 'quieter-than-usual' season due to El Niño is present in the provided text.

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Claim 14: “More storms form around Hawaii during an El Nino phase.”

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Claim 15: “During El Nino, fewer storms form across Australia’s coastline.”

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Claim 16: “Typhoons: These storms occur in the northwestern Pacific Ocean”

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Claim 17: “El Nino events typically occur every two to seven years and usually last nine to 12 months although some persist longer.”

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Three independent web sources (NOAA's National Ocean Service, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, and a Facebook post) confirm that El Niño events typically last 9-12 months and occur every few years (specifically 2-7 years according to NOAA).

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 16, 2024 ... Episodes of El Niño and La Niña typically last nine to 12 months, but can sometimes last for years. El Niño and La Niña events occur every two ...
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ninonina.html

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web search NEUTRAL — El Niño occurs more frequently than La Niña, which usually lasts 9-12 months. La Niña generally lasts 1-3 years. This influences the position of the pacific ...
https://mrcc.purdue.edu/climate_watch/special_topics/el-nino…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 15, 2025 ... These events generally take turns happening every few years. Each one lasts about nine to 12 months. Together, El Niño and La Niña make up a ...
https://www.facebook.com/KIII3News/posts/we-hear-the-names-o…

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Claim 18: “Cyclones: These storms occur in the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean”

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Claim 19: “During El Nino, the overall number of typhoons stays about the same, but where they form changes. Fewer typhoons form in the western part of the ocean near Asia, and more form farther east towards the international dateline.”

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Claim 20: “The southwestern and northern Indian Oceans do not seem to show any major changes in storm numbers.”

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Claim 21: “Historically, there has been a 60 percent reduction in the number of hurricane days and an overall reduction in system intensity during an El Nino phase.”

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Claim 22: “Its counterpart, La Nina, is the opposite, meaning cooler-than-normal Pacific temperatures.”

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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference and implied by the general description of ENSO phases in other sources, stating La Niña brings cooler-than-normal conditions to the Pacific.

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web search NEUTRAL — Los Angeles, also known as L.A., [b] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3.87 millio…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles

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web search NEUTRAL — The official website of the City of Los Angeles. Find popular City services and information useful to residents, businesses, and visitors
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Claim 23: “They see a 55 percent chance of below‑normal activity, a 35 percent chance of near‑normal and a 10 percent chance of above‑normal.”

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No evidence was provided containing these specific probability percentages (55%, 35%, 10%).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Atlantic hurricane season is the period in a year, from June 1 to November 30, when tropical or subtropical cyclones are most likely to form in the North Atlantic Ocean. These dates, adopted by co…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA NOH-ə) is a United States scientific and regulatory agency tasked with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, ch…
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Claim 24: “Hurricanes are named using lists managed by the World Meteorological Organization. Six lists rotate every six years”

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Claim 25: “Male names were introduced for hurricanes in 1979 and now alternate with female names.”

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