{
  "id": 12395764,
  "title": "Could 2026 Be a Year With No Atlantic Hurricanes? We've Surprisingly Passed Their Peak Month Without Any, Thanks to the El Niño",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/could-2026-be-a-year-with-no-atlantic-hurricanes-weve-surprisingly",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-06T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-2026-be-a-year-with-no-atlantic-hurricanes-weve-surprisingly-passed-their-peak-month-without-any-thanks-to-the-el-nino-180989617/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Atlantic hurricane season runs from June through November, and the last time one passed by without an intense cyclone was more than 100 years ago. While the ongoing \"super\" El Niño seems to be suppressing storms in the Atlantic, the Pacific Ocean is being overactive",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}