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Record Hot Water Is Fueling Hurricane Milton
Hurricane Milton gained strength over the Gulf of Mexico extremely quickly on Monday, going from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in under a day.
Much of that intensification was fueled by record warm ocean temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico. Global temperatures are rising long term because the burning of fossil fuels adds greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, helping trap heat near the planet’s surface.
Record Hot Water Is Fueling Hurricane Milton
Milton grew into a Category 5 hurricane in less than a day as it crossed warm oceans across the Gulf of Mexico.
www.nytimes.com
Milton checks pretty much all the boxes of a prototypical climate change fueled storm. It could be one of the worst hurricanes to hit the Gulf in a century. It intensified quickly, is immensely powerful, is expected to remain strong for a longer period of time, and follows a previously ferocious storm.
These types of events are becoming more frequent and more costly. The cost being partly due to population density and partly due to the severity of the storms.
Then again, Dementia Don says there will be more ocean front property when the sea level rises. Unfortunately, the opposite is true.