Hurricane season in the Pacific and for Hawaii lasts from June 1 until the end of November. August and September are historically active months for cyclones in the region. This season’s

first named storm was Amanda, which developed near Central America and struck Guatemala, causing widespread damage and chaos in neighbouring El Salvador as well. Genevieve is the latest and

12th named storm in this year’s Pacific hurricane season. Hurricanes are the most powerful weather systems on Earth - during its life cycle, one hurricane can release as much energy as

10,000 nuclear bomb