The chart above compares the number of named storms during hurricane seasons for the North Atlantic to the Eastern and Central Pacific regions since 2020. (AP Digital Embed)

This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Polo off the southwestern coast of Mexico and Hurricane Odalys, left, on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (NOAA via AP) CORRECTION: Changes to Hurricane Odalys, not Tropical Storm Nolo.

This undated image released by Katalyst Space Technologies on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026 shows Link, a three-armed robotic spacecraft, while in orbit around Earth. (Katalyst Space Technologies via AP)

A man watches at sunset as SpaceX's mega rocket Starship is prepared for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Seagulls fly near the site of SpaceX's mega rocket Starship as it is prepared for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

David Orr camps out near the site where SpaceX's mega rocket Starship, behind right, is preparing for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

David Orr rides his bike past SpaceX's mega rocket Starship as it is prepared for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A women's church group pay their respect at a scene of a discovery of the body of a 38-year-old woman last week while jogging, in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)