Climate change triggered intensified rain, wind in Hurricane Milton: experts
The Hindu
Human-induced climate change intensified Hurricane Milton, making it wetter, windier, and more destructive, according to experts.
Experts that human-induced climate change made Hurricane Milton, which lashed Florida this week, wetter and windier, said on Friday (October 11, 2024).
“Heavy one-day rainfall events such as the one associated with Milton are 20-30% more intense and about twice as likely in today’s climate,” the international World Weather Attribution group said in a report.
The effect boosted Milton’s wind strength by about 10%, making what would have been a Category 2 storm a more destructive Category 3, on a five-point scale, the report said.
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