Five tropical storms in Atlantic for first time in nearly 50 years.
There are five tropical storms churning in the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in nearly 50 years — amid so much violent weather that meteorologists will likely have to turn to the Greek alphabet for more names.
Tropical Storm Sally has been joined by Paulette, Rene, Teddy and Vicky in the Atlantic, the first time since 1971 that five such weather phenoms are whirling around there at the same time.