Mashable: Since this story was posted, yet another storm -- Hurricane Patricia -- in the eastern Pacific intensified to Category 4 status, making it 22 Category 4 and 5 storms that have formed so far this year.
The combination of El Nio, other natural climate cycles and global warming have supercharged this year's tropical cyclone season in the northern hemisphere to the point where all-time records have been blown away.
Specifically, there have now been 21 typhoons and hurricanes in the hemisphere...