Climate Crisis Made Ocean Heat Driving Milton Up to 800 Times More Likely

"Climate change clearly warmed the Gulf waters that fueled Milton's development, likely supercharging its rapid intensification and making this hurricane much more dangerous," said Daniel Gilford, a meteorologist at Climate Central.

"For a year and a half now, the upper layer of the world's oceans has been at or near its hottest temperatures on record," explained New York Times climate reporters Raymond Zhong and Mira Rojanasakul.

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