Hurricane
#Otis
rapidly intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in under 12 hours.
At least 27 are now confirmed dead in Mexico.
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"Before satellite technology, we knew of intense hurricanes, but it's only in the past five decades or so that we've been able to track their rapid intensification in real time. It’s important to understand such context when discussing surprises like Hurricane Otis's dramatic…
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@weatherchannel
Veo las imágenes de Guerrero, me refiero al clima y al huracán Otis. Si hubiera llegado, les dio más de doce horas para avisar a la gente que saliera a resguardarse con prisa. En un caso así, en doce horas se pueden tomar medidas, pero nadie dijo nada. Claramente, hay…
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@weatherchannel
To be fair, they said storms are unpredictable and can veer in seconds and strengthen in a matter of hours. Cat 1 are still to be taken serious. Florida native here.
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@GregPostel
I was shocked how fast this storm developed. When you talked about it Tuesday morning it was barely a tropical storm. Later on when I was watching at 4 pm PT it was already a Cat. 4. Next morning it had already made landfall.
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@weatherchannel
The only thing you guy talked about was how climate change was the biggest factor in the intensification of this storm but conveniently left out that there is an El Niño which is why the waters were so warm in the east pacific
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