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Have there ever been two hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time?
Read full article: Have there ever been two hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time?Now, two tropical systems - Tropical Storm Laura and Hurricane Marco - are forecast to reach the Gulf by Tuesday. Hereās a look at what they came up with:Has there ever been two hurricanes in the Gulf at the same time? The closest seems to be on Sept 4, 1933, when a major hurricane was over south Florida and another major hurricane was over the western Gulf of Mexico. When is the last time two tropical cyclones were in the Gulf of Mexico simultaneously? More often than not, the storms deflect around each other, or the larger storm destroys the other one.