Hurricane Dolly? Next tropical storm developing in Atlantic with poorly timed name

Updated: Aug. 27, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
|Published: Aug. 27, 2026, 6:26 a.m.

Dolly Parton presents the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

By Geoff Herbert | gherbert@syracuse.com


A new tropical storm is developing in the Atlantic that could be named, unfortunately, “Hurricane Dolly.”

WCAX reports a tropical cyclone appears likely to develop in the Atlantic basin within the next few days. The weather development is being monitored as it has a “high chance” of developing into a tropical storm or hurricane within the next two to seven days.

The storm will be named Dolly as it is the next name on the 2026 list of Atlantic hurricanes. Different names are used to identify different storms during hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.

That means Tropical Storm Dolly or Hurricane Dolly could emerge less than a week after the death of Dolly Parton. The beloved country singer, actress and philanthropist died Tuesday at age 80.

“If it becomes a hurricane, it should be a category 9 to 5,” one Facebook user joked.

“She’s going after Jolene,” another commented.

“I would prefer a star be named after her so she could sparkle down on all of us,” a third wrote.

While it may seem like unfortunate timing, “Dolly” was chosen for the list of hurricane names six years ago. The World Meteorological Organization chooses the names, which are recycled every six years.

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Red sky seen in Western Australia ahead of Cyclone Narelle makes global headlines

 

Red sky seen in WA ahead of Cyclone Narelle makes global headlines

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WA's north turned dark red as Tropical Cyclone Narelle approached the coast. (Facebook: Shark Bay News & Views/Jayson Campbell)


Scenes of an eerie, blood-red sky cast over the Western Australian landscape ahead of Tropical Cyclone Narelle have made worldwide news.

As the cyclone made its way to the West Australian coast on Friday, residents of Shark Bay — about 500 kilometres south of Exmouth, where the cyclone made landfall — saw an apocalyptic-like scene, as the thick dust coated the air.

Kerrie Shepherd, from the Shark Bay Caravan Park, said she had never seen anything like it.

"The skies just kept getting more and more orange as the afternoon went on and then, at about 3:30pm, we went outside and it was that colour," she said.

"It was red all the way along, everywhere we looked.

"It got into your throat and into your mouth. It was crunchy and gritty in your teeth, even in your eyes."

Why Gen Z protesters worldwide are flying an anime pirate flag

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A number of human rights activists carry posters and wave the Straw Hat Pirates' Jolly Roger flag from the anime One Piece during the 873rd Kamisan Action in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 14, 2025.Claudio Pramana/NurPhoto via Getty Images


JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Gen Z-led protests are making waves from Africa to Asia, and while the issues spurring them are different, the symbol they're using is the same: a grinning skull and crossbones wearing a straw hat.

It was there when young people angry with the lavish lifestyles of the elite brought down Nepal's government last month. It was visible in the Indonesian and Philippine protests this year, and again when Madagascan youth marched against chronic water and electricity shortages over the past 10 days. Right now, it's being waved at protests raging over poor healthcare in Morocco.

Why are frustrated youth taking to the streets worldwide raising this particular Jolly Roger?

The flag comes from a long-running Japanese anime and manga series called One Piece, about a rag-tag band of pirates dubbed "the straw hats," who are led by a cheerful character named Monkey D. Luffy and are fighting an oppressive world government.

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Sometimes, getting your budget on track starts with a detox to wipe the slate clean and build new habits. Many consumers have taken on no-spend challenges to put themselves to the test and see if they can go a day, week, or month without spending money.

Others have taken it a step further and adopted a “no buy” year to cut out unnecessary spending and focus on what matters. Here’s what you need to know about No Buy 2025 and how to incorporate it into your life.

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No Buy 2025 is a personal finance trend in which individuals commit to avoiding non-essential (AKA discretionary) purchases for a set period this year, which could range from a few weeks to the full year.

One example of this trend in practice is “No Buy July,” where participants challenge themselves to avoid spending money for the full month.

“No Buy July is like a financial detox,” said Hanna Kaufman, CFP® at Betterment. “For one month, you hit pause on all non-essential spending — think: takeout, impulse Amazon buys, new clothes — and focus only on what you really need.” She explained that it’s a challenge that helps people reset their spending habits, get clarity on their financial priorities, and boost their savings without having to make huge sacrifices.

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Vivek Ramaswamy is worth $950 million. Here’s how he became rich

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August 24, 2023 12:39pm

 
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Vivek Ramaswamy, the 38-year-old Republican presidential candidate who emerged from nowhere to challenge Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for second place in the GOP primary race, is one of the wealthiest Americans under the age of 40.

Ramaswamy, the son of Indian immigrants who studied biology at Harvard before obtaining a law degree from Yale, was briefly a billionaire before a downturn in the stock market shrunk his wealth to just over $950 million, according to Forbes.

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He derives most of his fortune from the 10% ownership stake in Roivant Sciences, the biotechnology firm that he founded in 2014.

Ramaswamy, who was raised in the Hindu faith by his parents but went to a Catholic high school, was a hedge fund analyst at QVT before he started Roivant at the age of 29.

He conceived of Roivant as a company that would create subsidiaries that would develop drugs that were overlooked and abandoned by larger pharmaceutical makers.

One of his first major business moves was to acquire the rights to an Alzheimer’s medication that was developed by GlaxoSmithKline and make the drug the centerpiece of a Roivant subsidiary, Axovant.

GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has amassed a fortune worth $950 million at the age of 38.AP

The drug, intepirdine, showed promising results in early clinical trials, enabling Roivant to take Axovant public in a 2015 IPO that raised $360 million.

In 2017, Roivant raised $1.1 billion in equity from several venture capital firms, including SoftBank.

Ramaswamy took Roivant public in 2021 through a merger with a blank-check firm that valued the company at $7.3 billion.

Ramaswamy earned a biology degree from Harvard before going on to Yale Law School.Getty Images

Since founding Roivant, Ramaswamy has taken in more than $260 million in salary, bonuses, and capital gains.

Ramaswamy’s 10% stake in the company, which had a market capitalization of $8.87 billion as of Thursday morning, translates into $887 million on paper.

So far this year, Roivant’s stock price is up by more than 82%.

Ramaswamy derives most of his wealth from the 10% ownership stake in biotech firm Roivant.AP

Ramaswamy has also diversified his investments to include cryptocurrency as well as stakes in YouTube upstart rival Rumble and digital payments firm MoonPay, according to Forbes.

He also founded an “anti-woke” index fund, Strive Asset Manager, which was recently valued at $300 million.

He conceived of Roivant as a company that would create subsidiaries that would develop drugs that were overlooked and abandoned by larger pharmaceutical makers.roivant.com

Ramaswamy’s stake in Strive is said to be worth $100 million.

In recent years Ramaswamy has become a fierce conservative.

In his 2021 bestseller “Woke, Inc.,” Ramaswamy decries decisions by some big companies to base business strategy around social justice and climate change concerns and lambastes “wokeism” as an insidious influence on hard work, capitalism, religious faith, and patriotism.

The book raised Ramaswamy’s profile among conservatives, and he began his rapid ascension as a right-wing star.

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