Hurricane Otis strengthened on Wednesday to a Category 5 storm as it made landfall in Mexico.
  • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
    32·
    1 year ago

    From Tropical Storm to Cat 5 in under 24 hours… Holy shit. I mean, should we just go ahead and evacuate for tropical storms now? There is no time to prep for the worst when storms intensify to such extremes so quickly.

    • tangentzeroee@lemm.ee
      18·
      1 year ago

      In just 12 hours, Otis’ strength more than doubled from 70 mph (113 kph) winds to 160 mph (257 kph)

      Source

      Cat 1 starts at 74mph and cat 5 at 157mph. I’ve never heard of this fast of an intensification in my 36 years

      • Bipta@kbin.social
        10·
        1 year ago

        Hyper-intensification seems to be the new normal.

        Well, until 2030 when we upgrade to ultra-hyper-intensification.