Satellite image shows three tropical waves in the Atlantic on June 28, 2024. The wave to the far right developed into Hurricane Beryl, which became the earliest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane on record. Credit: NOAA A research team has developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can automatically identify and track tropical easterly waves (TEWs)—clusters of clouds and wind that often develop into hurricanes—and separate them from two major tropic