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Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy to catastrophic within just 24 hours.

Tropical cyclones along the Atlantic coastlines are intensifying rapidly, doubling the risk of rapid hurricane intensification, with climate change playing a significant role.

A study says Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic in just 24 hours. Thursday's study says it's because of warmer ocean water that acts as fuel. The study says in the last 20 years 8.1% of the time storms powered from a Category 1 minor storm to a major hurricane in just 24 hours. That happened only 3.2% of the time from 1971 to 1990. Scientists and emergency managers worry about storms that rapidly intensify because they give people less time to react. It's also harder for officials to prep...

When storms rapidly intensify, it makes it difficult for people in the storm’s path to decide on what they should do.

In Libya’s coastal city of Derna, a massive flood caused by the breaching of two dams during heavy rains led to a tragic death toll in the thousands with many more missing. This flood was exacerbated immensely by the ongoing climate crisis. Storm Daniel swept through the Mediterranean and struck Libya on Sept. 10 and...