{
  "id": 6439172,
  "title": "Two Tropical Storms Could Form Back to Back This Week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/two-tropical-storms-could-form-back-to-back-this-week",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-09T16:36:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/two-tropical-storms-could-form-back-to-back-this-week-12421170"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two tropical systems are expected to form back-to-back in the eastern Pacific Ocean this week, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). The first system, designated EP96, is already showing signs of organization south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, with a 80% chance of developing into a tropical depression within the next 48 hours and a 90% chance over the next seven days. The second system, expected to form several hundred miles south of Baja California, has a 40% chance of becoming a tropical depression within seven days. Forecasters are closely monitoring both systems, as they are expected to move in the same general region and follow similar west-northwest tracks away from Mexico into the open Pacific. If both systems eventually organize, they could spend part of their lifecycles moving through adjacent stretches of ocean, and there is a possibility that they could interact, a phenomenon known as the Fujiwhara effect.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "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."
}