Forecasters are calling for an active storm season in the Atlantic Ocean. Meanwhile, in the eastern Pacific, Hurricane Barbara made an early-season landfall in southern Mexico.
The storm became the earliest second major hurricane in eastern Pacific records, but the dynamic storm appeared to stir up enough cold seawater to cut down on its own strength.
Thirty major hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones occurred in the northern hemisphere in 2015—the previous record was 23—and many of them reached places that don't see many storms.