"Tropical Cyclone Sinlaku put on a spectacular display of rapid intensification over the warm Pacific waters southeast of Guam early Sunday, becoming the world’s second Category 5 tropical cyclone of 2026, with 175 mph (280 km/h) winds.
Sinlaku will pose an extremely dangerous threat to the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands on Monday and Tuesday."
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Melissa leaps from tropical storm to Category 4 hurricane in 18 hours
Catastrophic impacts are becoming increasingly likely for Jamaica, with Melissa expected to crash onshore by early Tuesday.
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/melissa-leaps-from-tropical-storm-to-category-4-hurricane-in-18-hours/
"Tropical Storm Imelda. Imelda will pose a danger of heavy rain, high winds and coastal flooding to the Southeast U.S.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Humberto underwent rapid intensification on Friday, going from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in less than a day. The storm's maximum sustained winds jumped from 65 mph to 145 in only 24 hours, making it the third storm to do so this year in the Atlantic Basin, following Erin and Gabrielle."
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2025-09-25-humberto-imelda-tropical-storm-hurricane-us-bahamas-bermuda
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"Ragasa formed over the Western Pacific last week. Fuelled by warm seas and favourable atmospheric conditions, the tropical cyclone rapidly intensified to become a Category 5 super typhoon on Monday with winds exceeding 260 kph (162 mph).
It has since weakened to a Category 3 typhoon, still capable of bringing down trees and power lines, shattering windows and damaging buildings."
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"Hurricane [Gabrielle] nearly doubled its wind speed from 75 mph to 140 mph in just 24 hours, demonstrating the type of rapid intensification that meteorologists consider among the most dangerous aspects of tropical cyclone behavior.
This dramatic strengthening occurred as the storm moved into warmer Atlantic waters, where reduced wind shear and increased moisture content created ideal conditions for rapid development."
https://rollingout.com/2025/09/23/gabrielle-explodes-into-catastrophic/
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" #HurricaneErin achieved something most storms do not this weekend. "Extreme #RapidIntensification". Did climate change play a part? Science says, yes.
In 12 hours winds increased by ~65 mph. Only 3 other storms have done that and Erin was the earliest & only August storm to do so. 1/
https://bsky.app/profile/weatherprof.bsky.social/post/3lwpgd2oq5k2m
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"Hurricane Erin’s intensification was extraordinary, with an 85 mph jump in just 24 hours. That makes it one of the fastest Category 1 to Category 5 transitions ever recorded in the Atlantic. It even slightly surpassed Hurricane Lee’s 2023 leap of about 80 mph in 24 hours, placing Erin in rare company."
Rapid intensification: wind increase of at least 35 mph in 24 hours.
https://www.mysuncoast.com/2025/08/16/hurricane-erin-explodes-cat-5-strength-what-it-means-florida/
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“Rapid intensification is one of the most dangerous aspects of hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones, especially when it occurs in the day or so prior to landfall. As recently documented by Jeff Masters here at Eye on the Storm, episodes of rapid intensification are multiplying with human-caused climate change, hand in hand with sustained warming of the planet’s oceans.”
@ClimateCrisis #HurricaneErin #RapidIntensification #ClimateAction #ClimateActionNow #ClimatePolicy
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