Early Atlantic Hurricane Season Brings Double Trouble with Bret and Cindy

Tropical Storm Cindy formed behind Tropical Storm Bret, marking the first time two storms have occurred in the tropical Atlantic in June since record keeping began in 1851. The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 and is expected to peak from mid-August to mid-October. Some forecasters attribute the early and aggressive start to unusually high sea temperatures caused by global warming, natural variability, and the ocean's recovery from sulfate aerosols pollution that cooled it decades ago. A warmer world is producing wetter and more intense hurricanes, with scientists still trying to determine if climate change alters how many storms brew.