A humongous El Niño-fueled cyclone named Fantala is this years third record-breaker in a row

Last October, Patricia came ashore in Mexico with the strongest hurricane winds ever recorded on Earth, at over 200 miles per hour. Then, this February, Winston broke the windspeed record for the southwest Pacific Ocean basin, when it devastated one of Fiji's main islands with winds topping 180 miles per hour. On Monday was Fantala's turn […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/04/19/a-humongous-el-nino-fueled-cyclone-named-fantala-is-this-years-third-record-breaker-in-a-row/