Hurricane Intensification: Why Warm Waters Matter

Why is Hurricane Milton such a dangerous storm? In this video, Dr. Daniel Gilford of Climate Central explains how climate change has caused the ocean surface temperature in the Gulf of Mexico to be 3 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it would usually be. This allows hurricanes, like Hurricane Milton, to intensify more rapidly. The strengths that these supercharged storms have achieved leads some scientists to propose expanding the scale to include Category 6 storms!