Hurricane Melissa’s Wind Speeds Doubled in Less Than a Day | Melissa grew from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane in a matter of hours.

In 2023, a study in the journal Scientific Reports found that Atlantic hurricanes were becoming more likely to intensify rapidly. High ocean temperatures can help fuel the kind of explosive growth that leads to rapid intensification of storms, and oceans around the world have been warming because, in part, of human-driven climate change.