Economy and macroUpdated November 4
El Niño may have helped fuel the active season
NASA’s account traces elevated activity in the Northwest Pacific back to April. By late October, 25 named storms had occurred, and the basin was still active, so this wasn’t just a late-season surge. Meteorologist Gary Partyka described strong El Niño as a likely contributor to increased Pacific activity. It’s a plausible part of the season’s explanation, not a settled cause for the entire run.
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