With hurricane season right around the corner, we’re thrilled to introduce a brand-new writer to our Eye on the Storm coverage for the 2026 season. Irene Sans, Eye on the Storm’s new meteorologist, comes to us from Florida, where she has over a decade of experience. Irene will be covering extreme weather in both English and Spanish.
Irene is one of the few Spanish-speaking meteorologists in the U.S. who is double-certified (broadcast and digital) by the American Meteorological Society. She has worked as a deputy state meteorologist for emergency management in Florida and has been a meteorologist for broadcast television and radio stations in Spanish and English across the United States and Latin America.
Spanish-speaking audiences are among the most alarmed about climate change – and also the most vulnerable to heat waves, poor air quality days, floods, and hurricanes. But few U.S. media outlets serve these audiences.
During the past few hurricane seasons, YCC en español editor Pearl Marvell has translated many of our posts into Spanish. The response has been remarkable: Sometimes we see more traffic to the translated posts than to the original versions in English. So we’re honored that Irene will be joining us to help us provide more life-saving news to Spanish speakers.
With Irene on the team, we’ll also be able to deepen our coverage of other types of extreme weather in addition to hurricanes. That’s looking to be especially important with the approach of a powerhouse El Niño pattern that could bring floods to the U.S. Sunbelt, an active Pacific hurricane season from Hawaii to Mexico, and intensified heat and drought across much of the world’s tropics, including Central America.
We’ll be helping you get to know Irene throughout the summer, so stay tuned for a Q&A with her. She is a huge asset to our team, and we can’t wait to see how she tackles this hurricane season. We hope you’ll give her a warm welcome in the comments!
Thanks,
Jeff & Bob
