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Published online 30 November 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061127-10
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The calm instead of the storm
Surprise El Niño soothed this year's hurricane season.
2006 was supposed to be a rough year for Atlantic hurricanes. Coming on the back of the devastating 2005 season — which saw Hurricane Katrina ravage the US Gulf Coast and forecasters run out of alphabetized names for storms — both researchers and the public were braced for an above-average season.
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