"In the two days before it hit Florida, Hurricane Helene grew from a relatively weak tropical storm into a major Category 4 hurricane. Rapid intensification is relatively normal for major hurricanes in the Atlantic, according to federal data."
"There is some evidence that as the planet heats up due to human-caused climate change, rapid storm intensification may be growing more frequent. Hot ocean water is fuel for hurricanes and helps them gain strength."
"The major ingredient that is present in virtually all of the rapidly intensifying events is an incredibly warm ocean surface, explains Jill Trepanier, a hurricane climatologist at Louisiana State University."
"Past storms that caused catastrophic flooding, like Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and Hurricane Florence in 2018, dropped more rain than they would have without human-caused climate change, scientists found."
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