Hurricane Gabrielle cranks up in the Atlantic; Typhoon Ragasa heads for southern China » Yale Climate Connections
After weeks of weird peak-season sluggishness, the Northern Hemisphere tropics were buzzing with activity on September 22, the autumnal equinox. In the Atlantic, Hurricane Gabrielle was arcing just southeast of Bermuda at Category 3 strength, while two other systems bore watching in the tropical Atlantic. The most immediate threat to a high-population area was in…