“Certainly it is a very busy period for the South Pacific and three tropical cyclones is a lot to happen at once, but not unprecedented,” said Brian Tang, an atmospheric science professor at University at Albany.
Tropical cyclones Rae, Seru and Alfred are all spinning as the region’s cyclone season, which starts in November and ends in April, reaches its peak.
The last time three such storms occurred in the South Pacific was January 2021 when Lucas, Ana and Bina were churning simultaneously, Tang said.
There’s a lot of natural fluctuation in it … we need to be open to the possibility that factors that are beyond our ability to predict might have led to these three cyclones at the same time,” said Vecchi.
Tropical cyclones Rae, Seru and Alfred are churning as the region’s season reaches its peak.
