“As Hurricane Milton exploded from a Category 1 storm into a Category 5 storm over the course of 12 hours yesterday, climate scientists and meteorologists were stunned.”
While we don’t have hurricane categories on our side of the planet, explosive intensification is not a new thing for us. (The Philippine Sea is known for doing this.) But the #GulfOfMexico becoming a new literal hurricane hotspot is alarming.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/10/hurricane-milton-climate-change/680188
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #HurricaneMilton #hurricanes
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