What Causes the Worst Cyclones (It’s Not Just Heat)

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Narrator: Stephanie Sammann
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[Maybachdemon]

Hurricane Lee just passed by Bermuda here just 3 days ago and practically wiped out at least one of our beaches. You're really quick with your videos. I really gotta commend your speed and timeliness

[codzboy]

Hurricane Lee was 10 days ago. Did you put this video together in just 10 days??? So thorough and well-researched. That's incredible skill and dedication 💪

[marthasalinas]

Hurricane Beryl just took the #1 spot for earliest hurricane in the Atlantic also reaching category 5.

[hello_whello]

Heard so much about this at the time. Then this week I heard very little about Hurricane Otis, but then I saw that it intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 5 in TWELVE HOURS

[Mark-uhun]

I wonder if people would take hurricanes and typhoons more seriously if we called them MegaKiller5000 instead of cute names like Amy and Freddy

[GeoffryGifari]

I give props to the visuals here (especially the weather globe). you guys are getting better and better

[glennbabic]

Wow. Is that actual satellite footage of Typhoon Tip in 1979? Looks so modern. I didn't know we had that clarity back then.

[eiramu]

I live in Mozambique now and had my house torn once and the whole village turned upside down twice in the last 7 years. I don’t even want to imagine how Madagascar is doing

[johnshields]

1991 I watched the perfect storm from my house right on the seawall, I'd never seen the ocean like that, the waves were crashing over the seawall onto the deck and high tide was still 3 hours away, it was mesmerizing, then the waves started to crash on the house, dark green seawater running down the windows, but then s wave brought a boulder through the sliding glass doors, time to go, but the roads were flooded on both sides, I backed the car up as far away from the house as I could, the next 6 hours we watched the house get swept out to sea, leaving only the foundation. Waves crashing on the telephone pole wires, blue sparks running up and down the line. Marshfield, Mass. 1991.

[andyyang]

Lee's rapid intensification was a relatively curious case, as it had a very favorable environment for strengthening, but also wind shear on the south prohibiting rapid development. So Lee was actually very mature in structure when it reached C1 strength, and didn't need to do much to intensify once shear subsided.

[trinomial-nomenclature]

Hurricane Lee made landfall in Nova Scotia the day before this video, It was a direct hit on the town I live in. No matter how many hurricanes I've lived through, it's always eerie when you go through the eye of the storm

[ambition]

0:34: 🌀 Hurricane Lee rapidly intensified from a category 1 to a category 5 storm in just 24 hours, becoming the third fastest intensifying Atlantic hurricane on record.
4:12: 💨 Tropical cyclones weaken and slow down when they travel over land or colder water, but can still cause damage and produce rainfall and strong winds.
8:31: 🌪 The interaction of tropical storms can lead to unpredictable paths and behavior, with the potential for record-breaking intensity.
12:33: 🌪 Satellite data shows that the intensity of tropical Cyclones has been increasing due to global warming, but there hasn't been a significant increase in their frequency.
16:01: 🌩 Scientists are working on better forecasts to predict the characteristics and damages of storms, improving warning systems and evacuation planning.
Recap by Tammy AI

[poetlygaming]

Always surprises me when Hurricane Michael isn’t mentioned in videos about Hurricanes. The first Cat 5 to hit the contiguous US in over 20 years and the first Cat 5 in recorded history to hit the panhandle.

[merrillsunderland]

Guys seriously, if you appreciate the content you need to be liking and sharing this everywhere. Lack of engagement is going to hurt this channel in the algorithm. We can’t let this channel die out because most people want to watch celebrity gossip and shopping hauls

[ChicoJay]

this still doesn't change the fact that there are 49million kangaroos in Australia and 3.5million people in Uruguay which means if the kangaroos were to invade Uruguay, each person will have to fight 14 kangaroos 😤

[onecpyf]

Hurricane Otis intensified to a Category 5 and had an intensification record of 110 miles mph.

[matteste]

Another thing worth mentioning is how these storms are also migrating further north with places such as Scandinavia getting hit by powerful storms more frequently and with greater power.

[MadScientistSoap]

I really like your weather related science videos and would like to see more focus on weather related events. Thanks.

[lucianoromero]

The only reason the Bangladesh hurricane killed so many people is because they got no warning at all, and even worse is they warned the people with the wrong data, and it was also apolitical battleground and it’s sad, the country that could’ve warned them decided not to because they were at war

[fromulus]

Drove over to Sagamore Beach in Bourne, MA Friday night to check it out. It was an impressive sight, super strong winds, and very large waves for the area.