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minus-squarekalkulat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·21 days agoThis 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.
minus-squarebamfic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·21 days agoThey usually die down before or shortly after landfall. But the oceans are warmer now giving the hurricanes enery to go go go go
minus-squareshani66@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·21 days agoIirc, powerful hurricanes are pretty normal, but the changing climate is letting them stay around longer
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.
They usually die down before or shortly after landfall. But the oceans are warmer now giving the hurricanes enery to go go go go
Iirc, powerful hurricanes are pretty normal, but the changing climate is letting them stay around longer