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Becoming one of the fewest hurricanes in the recorded history with a surface pressure below 900 hPa, Melissa will be the one for the books. Today, on Halloween, we take a look at the ingredients that fuelled this ‘beast’.
A weather satellite view shows Hurricane Melissa on Tuesday as it intensified and made landfall on Jamaica. Credit: NOAAClearing Jamaica, Cuba and Bahamas, Hurricane Melissa left an immeasurable societal damage which would take years, if not decades, to fully recover from the impacts. But how did such a monstrous storm develop? Meteorologist Nedim Sladić explains the rapid strengthening of hurricane Melissa and whether this ‘the beast’ can be attributed to the climate change.
How hurricanes develop and what are the main ingredients
For a tropical wave, or an initial disturbance, to become a tropical depression and undergo from tropical storm into an official hurricane status, the most pivotal factor is the sea warmth.
The hurricane requires sea surface temperatures above 26.5 °C to a depth of at least 60 metres of ocean depth and sustained winds of at
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