• kalkulat@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    This Cat-4 started just down by the Yucatan and worked up 140mph-sustained winds in a couple of days over the Gulf of Mexico. I’m wondering how common that’s been before.

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      1 month ago

      They usually die down before or shortly after landfall. But the oceans are warmer now giving the hurricanes enery to go go go go

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      Iirc, powerful hurricanes are pretty normal, but the changing climate is letting them stay around longer