El Niño expected to dominate with Atlantic hurricane season one month away

The countdown is on — coastal communities from the Gulf across the entire Eastern Seaboard are making final preparations for the start of Atlantic hurricane season — now just one month away. A developing El Niño is expected to fully take hold this summer and dominate both the Atlantic and the Pacific basins — suppressing potential tropical development in the Atlantic, while supercharging storms in the Eastern Pacific, which begins its hurricane season on May 15. The Atlantic hurricane season lasts from June 1 to Nov. 30.