No, a ‘Hurricane Nadine’ won’t make Florida landfall on Oct. 18 [Video]

FLORIDA, USA — Misinformation about a coming “Hurricane Nadine” has flooded social media in the wake of Hurricanes Milton and Helene.

Numerous posts online falsely claimed the storm was expected to make landfall on Oct. 18, with multiple pictures copying and pasting Hurricane Helene’s previous track.

In reality, meteorologists have not yet confirmed the presence of another hurricane or even tropical storm close to the United States, let alone a storm scheduled to make landfall over the next few days.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) on Monday increased the possibility of a new pressure system in the Atlantic Ocean potentially turning into a tropical storm. The Center’s latest Tropical Weather Outlook said the system, near Africa, is expected to move westward toward warmer waters.

NHC gave a 50% chance of a possible tropical …