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Support WBUR03:42Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPROctober 15, 2026This summer, we’ve been asking NPR’s international correspondents: What’s for breakfast? In Ukraine, it’s curd-cheese pancakes. Nigerians break fast with fried dough. Lebanon loves its flatbread so much the United Nations has certified it as part of intangible cultural heritage. In Turkey, breakfast is less a quick morning meal and more an elaborate, social ritual of sharing and conversation. NPR’s Hadeel Al-Shalchi reports from a Turkish city known for the morning meal. This segment aired on October 15, 2026.

We have the maps you need to track all the systems ongoing in the Pacific and Atlantic below. Tracking the AtlanticTropical development areasSea surface temperatures Wind shear These are areas of strong wind shear, the difference in wind speed and direction with height, which are shown in purple. High wind shear is hostile to mature tropical cyclones and those trying to develop.(MORE: What is wind shear?)Get More of Our News on GoogleSet The Weather Company as a 'Preferred Source' to get quicker access to the news you value. Dry, dusty airAnother nemesis of tropical systems is dry air. In hurricane season, plumes of dust-laden air stream across the basin from Africa's Sahara Desert, as you can see in the map below. This sinking, dry air squelches thunderstorm development, the building blocks of tropical storms and hurricanes. So areas in the brown shading below are generally unfavorable for development. Atlantic tracks so far this seasonThese are the tracks of systems that were at least tropical or subtropical storms so far in the Atlantic Basin.