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Triple Category 4 hurricanes set new record

Hurricanes Kilo, Ignacio and Jimena (L-R) have formed at the same time in the Pacific Ocean. Image credit: Jesse Allen/NASA Earth Observatory

One Category 4 cyclone is bad enough, but the Pacific has had three of them at once.

This mosaic image, from NASA’s Earth Observatory, shows the presence of an unprecedented triple storm: three Category 4 storms at the same time, in the same ocean. 

They all had winds in excess of 200km/hr, but forunatetly, despite their proximity to Hawaii, non of the storms crossed its path, and they are set to dissipate without causing damage to land.

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