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1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Matthew Cappucci, Ben Noll, The Washington Post

   Atlantic Ocean reaches a milestone for the latest date without a hurricane (opens the original)

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   Hurricane season will reach its approximate peak on Friday - but this year, not a single hurricane has yet formed in the Atlantic Ocean, setting a new record for a lack of storms. This is the latest into the Atlantic season without a hurricane forming since weather satellites were first launched in the 1960s. In 2002, Hurricane Gustav formed on Sept. 11. And Humberto became a hurricane on Sept. 11, 2013. This September, no hurricanes are on the horizon. The National Hurricane Center noted, as of

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2. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Matthew Cappucci, The Washington Post

   Why does wildfire smoke drift across the country? Here’s the science behind it. (opens the original)

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   Plumes of thick, toxic wildfire smoke from fires burning in Canada are billowing into the United States. The phenomenon, where smoke blots out the blue sky overhead, making the air appear milky-white or even orange, has become a relatively regular fixture of summers where out-of-control wildfires in the West bring noxious smoke downwind. As of Friday, air quality was unhealthy or hazardous from the Upper Midwest across the Great Lakes and into the Mid-Atlantic; the skies are orange or white, rem

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