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Ferocity of Atlantic hurricanes surges as the ocean warms

A man surveys the damage done to his house by Hurricane Helene, which left a path of destruction from Florida to Virginia. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Climate change sharply intensified almost 85% of hurricanes that hit the North Atlantic between 2019 and 2023, according to a modelling study1. The wind speed of those hurricanes rose by […]