# Climate Change Supercharges Hurricanes 🌪️

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/climate-change-supercharges-hurricanes/296597>\
**Category:** News & Articles\
**Tags:** tools, technology\
**Created:** [November 29, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/climate-change-supercharges-hurricanes/296597 "2024-11-29T23:26:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/climate-change-supercharges-hurricanes/296597/1 "2024-11-29T23:26:42Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **Intensified Storms**  
84% of **North Atlantic hurricanes** from 2019-2024 experienced **wind speed increases** of up to **19 mph** , linked to rising ocean temperatures.

2. **Record-Breaking Hurricanes**  
Hurricanes **Helene** and **Milton** shattered records in Florida, with some storms like **Rafael** seeing **wind speeds jump 34 mph**.

3. **Category Elevation**  
Higher sea temperatures elevated many storms by **one category** on the **Saffir-Simpson scale** , amplifying potential damage.

4. **Damage Exponentially Rising**  
Damage escalates exponentially with wind speed; a storm with **double the wind speed** can cause **256 times more damage**.

5. **Real-Time Impact Analysis**  
New methodologies allow **real-time attribution** of climate change’s effect on individual hurricanes, revolutionizing disaster forecasting.

**Read more at:** [Nautilus](https://nautil.us/the-new-climate-math-on-hurricanes-1164220/)