Rapid Intensification: The Alarming Trend You Need to Know About This Hurricane Season

For most of the U.S. coast, and even far inland, tropical storms and hurricanes are the most damaging, and dangerous, natural hazard. Now, scientists have documented a dangerous trend you should know about.

The Weather Channel's meteorologist Alex Wilson has the story, and, what you can do about it.

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[SilverThunder]

I saw this and I about crapped myself thinking one was inbound

[michaelb]

I went through Andrew, Irma, Wilma, and Katrina. Just Florida living.

[davidmayhew]

I doubt it's more possible to be any more alarmed than most of us already are.

[halojump]

These guys are right down there with CNN, FOX, MSNBC, CBC, CBS, ABC

[MegaJessness]

Ngl I always kinda laugh when I see Harvey's path. This hurricane literally slowed down, *stopped*, PUT IT IN REVERSE, and then went forward again on another course. First one in my life I've ever seen do that. I'm in Houston so obviously we weren't hit directly, but dang those floods. Got very lucky our apartment wasn't washed out like so many others. At worst we got water in the walls and the floors that we soaked up with towels. Even had electricity and internet the whole time.

Yes I know absolutely nobody was laughing at the time, but it's in the past and we can laugh about it now.

[ShadowDragon-cwwb]

Ian was not well forecasted. We went to sleep being told it will be a 3. Woke up to it being just short of a 5 at landfall.

[richardkev]

The single most alarming trend in weatheris early onset of hype and rapid intensification of scare-mongering immediately after any kind of potential storm conditions are detected.

[aubreyodom]

I went through Ivan on the coast. I was a young teen and nothing I could do my parents wanted to stay. It was horrific. Told myself never again will I stay if it’s over a 2

[wow]

fun fact between 2006-2016 there were no major hurricanes (cat 3+) that hit the continental united states

[Tyronestoleyobsh]

The crazy part is that three out of the six name storms right here are I letters that has to mean something and two of them made landfall in Florida 0:19

[minerran]

We saw this last year. Seemed like any storm that reached tropical strength ended up at Cat 4 within 24 hours. For 2 months, I've (Ft. Lauderdale) been trying to prepare as much as possible. for a Cat 4-5 hit, which my old home won't survive even with my new roof. If I could sell and move north, I would.

[asdasikdaisncxzinaskdnmf]

can you turn the music down, it's incredibly distracting, maybe just go with actual nice music in the background

[christopherleubner]

The water is so hot it could generate a hyoercyclonic storm. It creates a gain stabilized primary vortex due to the extreme pressure and temperature differences. Unlike other storms this will not disintegrate when it hits land, only when it hits mountainous terrain that rob it of the intense thermodynamic gradiant and water. These storms created the last ice age btw.😢

[Heavilymoderated]

I would love to move back to New Orleans, but I’m not convinced it’ll be there all that long.

[japojd]

THE WEATHER CHANNEL...CAN YOU PLEASE UPLOAD MORE VIDEOS...ALSO MORE WEATHER UPDATES ???

[RS]

Went through Charley, Francis, Irma, idalia, Charley was the scariest, two weeks no running water or power.

[rockymtnsteeze]

The only Hurricane I have experienced was Opal. I live in North Georgia. That hurricane reached North Georgia as a Hurricane and blew a bunch of trees down. It traveled very fast into the mainland. i remember looking out the window and seeing trees bending to the ground. Something similar happened with Hurricane Michael and middle of Georgia. I did not live in Georgia when Hurricane Michael hit Florida and went into Georgia. It hit the middle of Georgia as a cat 3. It rapidly intensified and hit Florida as a cat 5. That was a bad hurricane, but it was a smaller compact storm. Ian was a big monster.

[Froblackistani]

Thinking about otis is very scary it’s something a lot of people don’t even know about because of how quick it escalated in 24 hrs

[BrokeCryptoBro]

so you're saying that 'survivalist' are the only ones that should occupy the coasts??? fair

[lindafoss]

Would a bright side be that there would be much less storm surge?