The Fujiwhara Effect: What happens if two hurricanes combine?

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is tracking two tropical cyclones, Tropical Storm Laura and Tropical Depression Fourteen, and they’re both expected to be hurricanes at the same time in the Gulf of Mexico.

A similar occurrence happened in the Pacific Ocean three years ago when Hurricane Hilary and Hurricane Irwin combined. But, there's no record of it happening, specifically, with two hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico.

In fact, there's no record of two hurricanes existing simultaneously in the Gulf of Mexico, although there is precedent for two tropical cyclones at once in that area. Basically, two tropical systems have been in the Gulf together before, but they weren't both at hurricane strength at the same time.

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