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A warming planet means warmer oceans, which fuel storms to grow and strengthen at a much faster rate compared to a few decades ago.

Hurricane Lee went from barely a hurricane at 80 mph to the most powerful Category 5 hurricane with 155 mph winds in 24 hours in September.

NOAA via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin may now be more than twice as likely to strengthen from a weak hurricane or tropical storm into a major hurricane in just 24 hours due to climate change and warming waters, a new study suggests. Hurricanes are also now more likely to strengthen more rapidly along the East Coast of the U.S. than they were between 1971 and 1990, the paper, published Thursday in Scientific Reports found. Oceans have been warming rapidly in the last five decades, with about 90% of the excess heat from climate change being absorbed by ocean...

With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic, a study said Thursday.

With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic, a study said Thursday.