Hurricane
A rotating tropical storm with sustained winds above 74 mph; tracked for landfall, damage, and insurance losses.
Coverage of Hurricane is rising : 82 signals on the latest tracked day, up 110% from its three-week baseline of 39, across 4 domains (down from 5 a week ago). That makes it the #5 most-covered of the 289 concerns we track.
If Hurricane matters to your work, coverage is climbing off its baseline — worth a closer-than-usual look this week.
What’s changed
- Hurricane Lala unleashes flooding rains, winds on Hawaii: Live updates · USA Today · 2026-08-16
- Hurricane Lala Updates: Hawaiʻi Weather, Shelters, Map + More · Honolulu Civil Beat · 2026-08-16
- Florida hurricane center tracking 2 disturbances in tropics · Treasure Coast News · 2026-08-16
- Atlantic hurricane season tracker: Cristobal is gone, and the two systems behind it are fading · Yahoo · 2026-08-16
- 2026 Hurricane Season: How does the rest of the season look? · 13WMAZ · 2026-08-16
- What is the next tropical storm or hurricane? Is Dolly the next Atlantic storm? · Bergen Record · 2026-08-15
What the reporting says
Across 400 tracked stories from 38 outlets, reporting on Hurricane most often describes disaster (178), launches or releases (11), public statements (7), meetings or visits (3), sporting outcomes (2), regulatory approvals (1).
It shows up alongside Noaa (118), Atlantic (90), Size (101), Lala (30), Tropical Storm Cristobal (21), Cristobal (19), Aug (31), Wildfire (13).
Two steps out: AI (through Size, 101 shared stories on the weaker link); Directors (through Size, 101 shared stories on the weaker link); Disclosure (through Size, 101 shared stories on the weaker link); Fiscal Year (through Size, 101 shared stories on the weaker link).
Tracked since Jan 26, with coverage on 22 separate days — concentrated in Extreme Weather and Disaster.
What the crowd is pricing
The odds the crowd puts on “Will any Category 4 hurricane make landfall in the US in before 2027?” fell 12 points between Jul 2 and Aug 9, from 32% to 20%.