The event Hurricane Milton began as a tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday 5th October. It very rapidly intensified to tropical storm status, before undergoing explosive intensification to a high category 5 between Sunday 6th and Monday 7th, as it moved southeast towards the Yucatan Peninsula (NOAA, 2024), where the central pressure … Continue reading “Yet another hurricane wetter, windier and more destructive because of climate change”
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- Africa
- Arctic
- Asia
- Australasia
- Central America
- Europe
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- North America
- Northern Asia
- South America