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How Hurricane Melissa exemplifies storms in the age of global warming

How Hurricane Melissa exemplifies storms in the age of global warming

Update: 2025-10-27
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Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 5 hurricane, the highest level on the Saffir–Simpson scale. Jamaican climate scientist Michael Taylor tells The World’s Host Marco Werman that in the age of climate change, storms like Melissa are wetter, stronger, slower and more destructive than those of earlier decades, bringing greater human and economic impacts.

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How Hurricane Melissa exemplifies storms in the age of global warming

How Hurricane Melissa exemplifies storms in the age of global warming

Joyce Hackel