Hurricane Fausto peaks in Pacific
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California experts explain.
Hurricane Fausto has formed in the eastern Pacific far from Mexico’s Baja California peninsula and poses no threat to land
Tropical Storm Genevieve is forecast to intensify to major hurricane strength by Sunday night, becoming the first storm to do so this year in either the Atlantic or east Pacific Ocean.
Fausto was a tropical storm in the North Pacific Ocean early Monday Hawaii time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. Fausto is the sixth named storm to form in the Eastern Pacific in 2026.
The East Pacific shows no signs of slowing its roll and we should have our next named tropical cyclone sometime in the next 24-48 hours (Genevieve). The would-be Genevieve is currently (Thursday PM) a large mass of thunderstorms located several hundred miles south of Southern Mexico and tracking out to the west-northwest.
The typically unremarkable central Pacific hurricane basin saw a surprising uptick in storms in late July as both major Hurricane Iona and Tropical Storm Keli spun harmlessly far from land. "The central Pacific Ocean is in the midst of an unusual tropical ...