As skies began to clear across Florida Thursday, they offered a first glimpse of Hurricane Milton’s devastating toll — millions without power, crops damaged, homes destroyed and at least 10 people dead.
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By now many are accustomed to these facts: Pollution from fossil-fuel burning and other sources traps more heat in the atmosphere. The oceans absorb more than 90% of that heat. Hotter water is rocket fuel for cyclones. In short, climate change is making them more intense, and even nudging them farther from the equator. Hurricane Milton raised the stakes. Without greenhouse gas pollution, Milton may have made landfall in Florida as a category 2 — not category 3 hurricane, according to World Weather Attribution, the leading group that analyzes extreme weather for fingerprints of climate change. Back-to-back major hurricanes fit the profile of something climate scientists have been increasingly warning about. “Compound events” — a catch-all phrase encompassing many scenarios of multiple disasters that unfold simultaneously or sequentially — are becoming more common as risks and vulnerabilities rise most everywhere. The WWA analysis was published at the same time as a novel look at the affect of climate change on projected the economic damage from Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Climate change may be responsible for nearly half of the direct damage caused by Helene and Milton to homes and buildings, according to researchers at Imperial College London. The authors based this estimated on historical relationships between cyclone wind speed and damage. #climate #weather #florida #milton #helene #insurance https://lnkd.in/em6uG8SE
Hurricane Milton Might Have Been a Category 2 Storm Without Climate Change
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Hurricane Milton roared ashore in Florida late Wednesday knocking out power to more than 3 million customers and causing widespread flooding. Here's the latest
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Blackouts from Hurricane Milton were made worse by the fact the storm came on the heels of damage from Hurricane Helene, Florida utilities say
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Milton toppled trees, flooded roads and knocked out power for millions, but Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the state avoided the worst-case scenario.
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