Homeowners are in the thick of the  hurricane season , but they may need to brace themselves for bigger storms to come.  NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center  announced Thursday that “La Niña conditions emerged in September 2025,” a shift expected to influence both the tail end of this year’s hurricane season and the broader fall and  winter weather  across the United States. La Niña is a recurring climate pattern that occurs when ocean waters near the equator in the central and eastern Pacific