El Niño 2026 just broke a major threshold heading into hurricane season. Here’s what that means for the storm forecast

El Niño just hit another milestone before we’ve even seen the first major storm of this year’s U.S. hurricane season. And no, we’re not talking about predictions that El Niño is likely to be the strongest on record, or that it could result in extreme weather through 2027, including raising sea levels along California’s coast by as much as a foot, potentially triggering massive flooding and damage.On September 14, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)...