Zombie storms are rising from the dead thanks to climate change | Live Science
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“If they’re not so strong, in the past, they would just die out,” over the Atlantic, Wuebbles said. But now, they reach warm water in the Carribean region and pick up energy again, he added. This is also true for storms that haven’t died out yet. For instance, about a month ago, Hurricane Laura strengthened overnight from a Category 1 storm to a Category 4 storm because it picked up energy from warm water in the Gulf, Wuebbles said.
With a warming globe, “storms are likely to become more intense,” he added. That means the idea of “zombie storms” may be here to stay.
MétéoMédia - Une #tempête tropicale « #zombie » errait dans l’Atlantique
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