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Study: Atlantic Hurricane Season (Unofficially) Starting Earlier

 Atlantic Ocean Basin

People stand in the bank of the Chilama River at La Libertad Port, one of the hardest affected areas by tropical storm Amanda, in La Libertad, El Salvador, on June 1st, 2020. (Credit: Marvin Recinos/AFP via Getty Images)

Tropical storms are increasingly forming and making landfall before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season as ocean temperatures warm, a new study published in Nature Communications finds. The study's publication comes as NOAA considers moving the official June 1 start date up to May 15. (Washington Post $, USA Today, The Verge, Wall Street Journal $, NBC)

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