Is there a difference between an atmospheric event and a weather event?

I read in this article in The Guardian that "Puerto Rico braces itself for for the 'worst atmospheric event in a century'." Why didn't the US National Hurricane Center (I assume) just use "worst hurricane"? Can an atmospheric event include wild fires that occlude the sun and other things that goof up the atmosphere?

Here's the article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/19/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-category-five-storm

?2017-09-20T23:42:14Z

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The Governor of PR called it the "'worst atmospheric event in a century."
The Governor is a politician ... not a meteorologist.

FUN FACT: The LOL TD troll thinks the Governor is a meteorologist!

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