Climate Change Amplified Hurricane Melissa's Destructive Power
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A study links Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm to hit Jamaica, to climate change, showing that global warming has increased the storm's strength, rainfall, and rapid intensification, highlighting the urgent need for climate action and finance to support vulnerable nations.
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- ‘New reality’: Hurricane Melissa strength multiplied by climate crisis, study says The Guardian
- Analysis Finds Global Warming Made Hurricane Melissa More Damaging The New York Times
- Hurricane Melissa made more intense and destructive by climate change, study says BBC
- Climate change enhanced intensity of Hurricane Melissa, testing limits of adaptation in Jamaica and eastern Cuba World Weather Attribution
- Climate change boosted Hurricane Melissa’s destructive winds and rain, analysis finds AP News
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