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LOSANGELES, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount+ today announced that its original animated preschool series DORA has been renewed for a second season. The iconic Latina heroine made her triumphant return earlier this month in the all-new CG-animated series produced by Nickelodeon Animation. DORA is currently available to stream exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, Latin America, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria, and also on Nick Jr. internationally.

"Kids and family programming is consistently one of the most popular genres on Paramount+ and we're thrilled that our audience has already embraced DORA," said Jeff Grossman, Executive Vice President, Programming, Paramount+. "It's an incredible opportunity to introduce this beloved character and iconic franchise to a whole new generation."

"Our audiences have embraced the new DORA series with open arms, and it's incredible how she continues to capture the imaginations of preschoolers around the world with her extraordinary rainforest adventures," said Ramsey Naito, President, Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation. "We can't wait for kids to discover all of the new fantastical places and colorful characters in the second season while learning and playing along with their good friend Dora."

DORA follows everyone's favorite bilingual explorer, Dora (Diana Zermeo), and her best monkey friend, Boots (Asher Colton Spence) as they embark on epic adventures in a fantastical rainforest. Guided by trustworthy Map (Anairis Quiones), Dora and her friends must work together to overcome many obstacles while being challenged by the sneakiest fox, Swiper (Marc Weiner). Kathleen Herles, the original voice of Dora the Explorer, voices Mami.

DORA is produced by Nickelodeon Animation in Burbank, California, and created by Chris Gifford and Valerie Walsh Valdes. Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Rich Magallanes serve as executive producers. Henry Lenardin-Madden serves as co-executive producer, and Alejandro Bien-Willner serves as story editor. Marielle Kaar is Nickelodeon's Executive in Charge of Production for the series. Dora the Explorer was created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner.

Since its launch on Nickelodeon on August 14, 2000, Dora the Explorer quickly emerged as a global pop-culture phenomenon, and nearly 25 years later, it's still one of the most-watched preschool shows of all time. Dora has crossed social, racial and language boundaries and stands as a hero and friend to millions of children around the world. The series currently is seen in more than 150 countries and territories and translated in 32 languages on Nickelodeon channels and Paramount+ around the globe and through syndication. Throughout its eight-season run, which is currently available to stream in full on Paramount+, Dora the Explorer received countless accolades, including Emmy, Peabody, NAACP, Alma, Imagen, Latino Spirit, Gracie Allen, Parents' Choice, Common Sense Media and Television Critics Association awards.

Four tropical cyclones passed through the Central Pacific during the 2023 hurricane season, with Calvin coming the closest but distant Hurricane Dora doing the most damage, with high winds that helped fuel the devastating Aug. 8 wildfires.

The one that followed, Hurricane Dora, was the first major hurricane in the Central Pacific since 2020 and the most damaging of the season despite the fact that it traveled hundreds of miles south of the islands. Dora moved into the basin on Aug. 6 as a Category 4 hurricane and maintained its strength, hitting 140 mph at its peak, according to NOAA. The hurricane passed more than 500 miles south of the state at its closest point on Aug. 8, when multiple wildfires broke out Upcountry, in Lahaina and in the Pulehu area.

Even after it passed Hawaii, Dora still maintained hurricane strength, passing more than 300 miles south of Johnston Island on Aug. 10 and crossing the International Date Line into the Western Pacific basin on Aug. 12 as a Category 2 hurricane. This made Dora the second tropical cyclone on record to maintain hurricane strength through the Eastern, Central and Western Pacific basins, according to NOAA. The first was Hurricane John in 1994.

Tropical Depression Twelve-E followed the next month but was declared a remnant low shortly after crossing into the Central Pacific basin on Sept. 16. With thunderstorms still pulsing near the low, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center extended the duration of the storm through Sept. 18 in the postseason reanalysis. At its peak, the storm packed winds of 35 mph.

NOAA said in May that a key factor influencing its forecast for the season was the predicted arrival of El Nino, which typically brings warmer surface waters and contributes to more storms in the Pacific.

In the Atlantic, a strong El Nino and record-warm sea surface temperatures spurred an above-normal hurricane season of 20 named storms, the fourth-highest total in a year since 1950, NOAA said in a news release Tuesday. Seven storms were hurricanes and three intensified to major hurricanes. Hurricane Idalia was the only one to make landfall in the U.S. in 2023, coming ashore as a Category 3 hurricane on Aug. 30 near Keaton Beach, Fla., and causing high storm surge and widespread rainfall.

DORA and her epic adventures in a fantastical rainforest alongside her beloved friends will be back for a second season. Paramount+ announced the renewal of the original animated preschool series less than two weeks since the debut of the Dora the Explorer reboot.

In the all-new CG-animated series, produced by Nickelodeon Animation, its small diverse army of writers and animators work hard to bridge education and entertainment, promoting inclusivity and language learning, while engaging young audiences around the globe.

The renewal of DORA highlights the enduring appeal of a beloved character who embodies bilingualism and multiculturalism, along with the engaging storytelling that sparks the imagination of preschoolers worldwide through exploration and adventure.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Hurricane Committee has retired Otis from the rotating list of names used in the eastern North Pacific basin because of the death and destruction it caused when it made landfall in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco in October 2023.

The Committee also retired Dora from the eastern North Pacific name list, not because of direct damage, but because of sensitivities to the name Dora and the indirect meteorological role it played in the devastating wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, in August 2023. The name Dora was also retired from the Atlantic basin name list in 1964.

Otilio and Debora instead will be used in the lists of names, which are overseen by WMO to help in the communication of storm warnings and to alert people about potentially life-threatening risks. The names are repeated every six years, unless a storm is so deadly that its name is retired.

"The work of the Hurricane Committee is critical to ensuring that everyone in the region across the Atlantic and east Pacific basins is ready for the upcoming 2024 hurricane season, and reducing the impacts to life and property from these dangerous storms," said Dr Michael Brennan, Chair of the Hurricane Committee and Director of the Regional Meteorological Specialized Center Miami.

The meeting in Panama is also due to focus on operational priorities including the provision of forecasts and warnings for wind, rainfall, storm surge and flooding hazards, as well as impact assessments. This year the Committee will include two special sessions; the Panel on ocean observations and services; and Early Warning Systems for All.

The record-warm ocean temperatures in the Atlantic helped fuel an above-average hurricane season in 2023 and provided a strong counterbalance to the traditional El Nio impacts (which tends to reduce the number of hurricanes).

The strongest storm of the season was Hurricane Otis, which made landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, on Oct. 25 as a category-5 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale), with sustained winds of 260 km per hour (160 mph). Otis holds the record as the strongest landfalling hurricane in the eastern Pacific after undergoing rapid intensification in which wind speeds increased by 115 mph in 24 hours.

Dora was a long-lived hurricane that reached category 4 intensity while it traversed portions of the eastern and central Pacific basins. Dora crossed the International Dateline, becoming a typhoon, before it weakened and reached the western portion of the Pacific.

The hurricane passed south of the Hawaiian Islands on 8 August and reached the International Dateline on 12 August, becoming a rare tropical cyclone to have travelled acrossall three of the tropical cyclone basins of the Pacific Ocean and only the second to do so as a hurricane (the previous was Hurricane John in 1994).

The Hurricane Committee consists of experts from National Meteorological and Hydrological Services and represents North America, Central America and the Caribbean (WMO Regional Association IV) and related countries such as Cabo Verde. Portugal and Spain participated at the meeting as observers.

WMO monitors weather, climate, and water resources and provides support to its Members in forecasting and disaster mitigation. The organization is committed to advancing scientific knowledge and improving public safety and well-being through its work.

Paramount+ has announced that its original animated preschool series Dora has been renewed for a second season. The iconic Latina heroine made her triumphant return earlier this month in the all-new CG-animated series produced by Nickelodeon Animation.

Dora follows the bilingual explorer, Dora (Diana Zermeo), and her best monkey friend, Boots (Asher Colton Spence) as they embark on epic adventures in a fantastical rainforest. Guided by trustworthy Map (Anairis Quiones), Dora and her friends must work together to overcome many obstacles while being challenged by the sneakiest fox, Swiper (Marc Weiner). Kathleen Herles, the original voice of Dora the Explorer, voices Mami.

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