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The Atlantic hurricane season has been relatively slow this season. That hasn’t been the case in the Pacific as hurricane Linda is now the 8th major storm of the season. Pacific waters are very warm right now with the El Nino pattern, which is allowing storms to strengthen quickly.
Linda is 8th major hurricane of the NE Pac (to 180W) season, breaking the record of 7 MHs by 9/8 set in '93 & '14. pic.twitter.com/bWgtQv9CuM
— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) September 8, 2015