Tourists bathe at a beach as Tropical Storm Helene approaches the Yucatan Peninsula, in Cancun, Mexico on September 24, 2024. (Photo by Paola Chiomante/Reuters)





A man and his dog lean against the Malecon seawall as they play in the water crashing over it onto the sidewalk brought by Hurricane Milton passing through the Gulf of Mexico, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, October 9, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A fisherman holds a fishing rod next to waves as Typhoon Kong-rey approaches, in Keelung on October 29, 2024. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng/AFP Photo)





A man swims despite a storm warning as Tropical Storm John is on track to become a hurricane again, hurtling back towards communities across the Pacific coast, in Acapulco, Mexico on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Javier Verdin/Reuters)





Waves crash over the Tynemouth pier lighthouse at the mouth of the river Tyne in North East England on Thursday, October 10, 2024. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)





A car moves along the shore in Kaohsiung, Southern Taiwan, Wednesday, October 2, 2024, as Typhoon Krathon is expected to hit the area. (Photo by Chiang Ying-ying/AP Photo)





Waves crash against the lighthouse in Seaham Harbour, County Durham, UK on Thursday, September 26, 2024. Flooding and travel disruption is set to continue across large swathes of the UK with more rain predicted to hit. Nearly three inches of rain could fall over several hours in the worst-affected regions on Thursday. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)





An old American car drives past waves crashing against the Malecon promenade in Havana due to the passage of Hurricane Milton on October 9, 2024. A “catastrophic” Hurricane Milton was closing in on the storm-battered state of Florida on Wednesday as US officials pleaded with residents to flee or risk dying. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





A surfer cuts up wave during a rough conditions at the world renowned surfing spot of Manu Bay, some six kilometres south of the coastal town of Raglan, New Zealand on September 25, 2024. (Photo by William West/AFP Photo)





People take photos of the spray from waves crashing against the Malecon seawall, brought by the passing of Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, October 9, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Swimmers take to the water at Bondi Beach on September 03, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. Australia has reported its hottest August on record, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) confirmed on Monday. According to official data released by the BoM, the national average temperature in August was 3.03 degrees Celsius above the 1961-1990 long-term average for the month. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)





Tanner Flynn stands in shallow water near crashing waves as Hurricane Helene passes offshore on September 26, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Florida. Helene is forecast to become a major hurricane, bringing the potential for deadly storm surges, flooding rain, and destructive hurricane-force winds along parts of the Florida West Coast. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)





A man swims despite a storm warning as Tropical Storm John is on track to become a hurricane again, hurtling back towards communities across the Pacific coast, in Acapulco, Mexico, on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Javier Verdin/Reuters)





Waves breaking at Killiney Beach, Co Dublin, Ireland on Sunday, October 20, 2024. (Photo by Stephen Collins/Collins Photos)





High waves surround the St. Pete Pier in St. Petersburg on September 24, 2024. (Photo by Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times/AP Photo)