Introduction: The October 2026 Atlantic Tempest As autumn deepens across Western Europe, the 2026 Atlantic storm season has intensified rapidly with the arrival of Storm Boelo. Named officially as the second major storm of the 2026/2027 European storm season, Storm Boelo developed over the North Atlantic before sweeping directly across Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and parts of northern England over the weekend of October 24–26, 2026. Engineered by a severe central pre