Yeah. It’s Climate Change. In the last 45 years the most extreme Atlantic hurricanes have nearly doubled and extreme rapid intensification has increased by 6X!! #climatechange #melissa #hurricane #fyp #florida

— Jeff Berardelli (@weatherprof.bsky.social) 2025-10-31T01:18:17.956Z

Episodes of Atlantic Extreme Rapid Intensification - A 6X increase over the same since 1980 via @BhatiaKieran Things are certainly changing as the waters warm. Greater ratio of strongest storms, that rapidly intensify, BUT importantly not necessarily a higher number of tropical systems overall.

— Jeff Berardelli (@weatherprof.bsky.social) 2025-10-31T16:43:21.853Z

The final act of the Hurricane #Melissa 10-day rampage will be tonight in southeastern Newfoundland, bringing an end to the historic hurricane's impacts. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/hurr...

— Dr. Jeff Masters (@drjeffmasters.bsky.social) 2025-10-31T17:12:42.042Z

From the Aon October 31, 2025 Review of Global Catastrophe Activity comes this rainfall image for Melissa:

— Dr. Jeff Masters (@drjeffmasters.bsky.social) 2025-10-31T16:15:41.836Z

"Category 6 is the new hurricane normal. Why scientists say we need to rethink what we know about storms" by @juliaelenamusto.bsky.social for @the-independent.com: www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

— Michael E. Mann (@michaelemann.bsky.social) 2025-10-31T14:04:22.278Z