{"id":128182,"date":"2024-11-20T22:34:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T15:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128182"},"modified":"2024-11-20T22:34:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T15:34:44","slug":"hurricanes-helene-milton-like-dozens-of-others-energized-by-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128182","title":{"rendered":"Hurricanes Helene, Milton, like dozens of others, energized by climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">FOX Business Contributor Scott Martin spoke with FOX Weather Meteorologist Steve Bender about the current costs of Helene and Milton, along with the long-term costs of the storms to the economy. He also mentioned the impacts of the storms on insurance rates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean Basin are running on average a category stronger on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/saffir-simpson-hurricane-wind-scale-hurricane-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale<\/a> than they would be without climate change and its associated warming, according to a new study released Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The research, published by Climate Central, studied hurricanes from 2019 through 2023 and found that their peak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/wind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wind<\/a> speeds were, on average, 18 mph higher compared to the expected strength without the influence of human-caused warming. And using those calculations, researchers have estimated that all 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/hurricanes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hurricanes<\/a> of this past season were energized in some way by climate change.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Researchers found a significant driving force behind the boost in storm intensity is coming from persistent above-average to record warmth in the waters across the Atlantic Basin. Water temperatures well exceeded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/world-april-warm-temperatures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previous record heat measurements in 2023<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/ocean-heat-wave-record-atlantic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">maintained those levels as high as 3 degrees above average throughout 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/ocean-heat-wave-record-atlantic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WHAT RECORD-SETTING OCEAN TEMPS MEAN FOR SEA LIFE AND 2024 HURRICANE SEASON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/288\/162\/caribbean-sea-surface-temperatures-2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/576\/324\/caribbean-sea-surface-temperatures-2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/caribbean-sea-surface-temperatures-2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/caribbean-sea-surface-temperatures-2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/caribbean-sea-surface-temperatures-2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1336\/752\/caribbean-sea-surface-temperatures-2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/caribbean-sea-surface-temperatures-2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Caribbean Sea Surface Temperatures\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Current water temperatures in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Hurricanes draw their power from warm water. The warmer the waters, the more energy is available for hurricanes to produce devastating wind speeds that, in turn, generate higher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/what-is-storm-surge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">storm surges<\/a> and heavier rainfall.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The published study looked at 30 hurricanes from 2019 through 2023, and among its findings \u2013 aside from the overall average wind boost of 18 mph for 84% of the storms in those years \u2013 three hurricanes were able to reach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/tropical-cyclone-five-explainer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Category 5<\/a> status due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/climate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate<\/a> change: Hurricane Lorenzo in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/by-the-numbers-hurricane-ian-catastrophic-damage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Ian<\/a> in 2022 and Hurricane Lee in 2023.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">In addition, hurricanes Sally (2020), Ian and Franklin (2023) would have been a category weaker had ocean temperatures been at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">historical<\/a> averages, researchers said.<\/p>\n<h2 data-v-4e81e892=\"\">2024 hurricane season supercharged by climate change too<\/h2>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">While the published paper\u2019s findings stretched through the 2023 season, Climate Central has applied the paper&#8217;s calculations to the 2024 season and found similar daunting results.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Continued record-warm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/ocean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ocean<\/a> temperatures boosted the intensity of all 11 Atlantic hurricanes by a range of 9-28 mph. Five of the 11 hurricanes this season found their way into a Gulf of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mexico<\/a> that was 2 degrees warmer than had climate change not been a factor, researchers said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/288\/162\/hurricane_intensity_climate_change.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/576\/324\/hurricane_intensity_climate_change.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/hurricane_intensity_climate_change.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/hurricane_intensity_climate_change.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/hurricane_intensity_climate_change.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1336\/752\/hurricane_intensity_climate_change.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/hurricane_intensity_climate_change.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Hurricane Intensity Changes\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Observed hurricane maximum wind speeds (mph) before landfall and the increases in wind speed due to human-caused ocean warming for each storm during the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Climate Central)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Researchers singled out Hurricane <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/milton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milton<\/a>, which raced through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> with 100-plus-mph winds and caused storm surge damage around Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified by 120 miles per hour in less than 36 hours over waters whose temperatures were made 400-800 times more likely by climate change,&#8221; the report stated.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The report found that neither Milton, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/tracking-hurricane-milton-florida-southeast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which reached Category 5 status in the Gulf of Mexico<\/a> before dropping to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/tropical-cyclone-category-three-strength-damage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Category 3<\/a> at landfall, nor Hurricane Beryl, which reached Category 5 status at the start of July and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/track-hurricane-beryl-caribbean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">became the earliest Category 5 storm on record<\/a>, would have been unlikely to reach that top rung without climate change effects.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/288\/162\/climate_central-stronger-hurricanes.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/576\/324\/climate_central-stronger-hurricanes.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/climate_central-stronger-hurricanes.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/climate_central-stronger-hurricanes.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/climate_central-stronger-hurricanes.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1336\/752\/climate_central-stronger-hurricanes.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/climate_central-stronger-hurricanes.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Climate Change Fueling Hurricanes\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Change in peak wind speed and storm category due to climate change-driven ocean warming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Climate Central \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Researchers attributed climate change to allowing seven other hurricanes this season to reach a level higher on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, and pushed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/tropical-storm-definition-atlantic-ocean-ts-hurricane-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tropical storms<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/debby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Debby<\/a> and Oscar into hurricane status.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/helene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Helene<\/a>, which killed more than 240 people across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/southeast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southeast<\/a> with torrential rains and damaging winds, extra-warm water temperatures added 16 mph to the storm\u2019s eventual strength, while Hurricane Milton received a 24-mph increase in peak wind speed, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Every hurricane in 2024 was stronger than it would have been 100 years ago,&#8221; said Daniel Gilford, Ph.D., a climate scientist at Climate Central and lead author of the study and report. &#8220;Through record-breaking ocean warming, human carbon pollution is worsening hurricane catastrophes in our communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/climate-change-fueling-hurricanes-milton-helene\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOX Business Contributor Scott Martin spoke with FOX Weather Meteorologist Steve Bender about the current costs of Helene and Milton, along with the long-term costs of the storms to the &hellip; 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