Due to climate change caused by fossil fuel use, the surface water temperature of the Gulf of Mexico has reached record highs. Isaias could have taken advantage of all this energy accumulated in the ocean and strengthened into a powerful hurricane, said Marc Alessi, a climate scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists, to AFP. #UraganasIsaias #FloridosUraganas #KlimatoKaita (translated)
This year, we are observing nearly record-strength wind shear across the entire Atlantic basin, which aligns with what we would expect during a strong El Niño event," said Michael Fischer, a researcher at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Sciences at the University of Miami, to AFP. #UraganasIsaias #FloridosUraganas #KlimatoKaita (translated)
Hurricane Isaias reached Florida, causing significant flooding, power outages, and mandatory evacuations in coastal communities, and its impact is also forecasted in a wide area of the southeastern United States. #UraganasIsaias #FloridosUraganas #KlimatoKaita (translated)