Posted on 10/30/2025 5:55:31 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Hurricane Melissa – the most powerful storm in Jamaica's history – was made four times more likely by climate change, according to a study.
The catastrophic category 5 hurricane struck the island on Tuesday, bringing sustained winds that peaked at 185mph, flash floods and landslides.
Now, experts have warned that our over–reliance on oil, gas and coal increased both the likelihood and intensity of the storm.
Looking ahead, hurricanes like this will only get worse unless global warming is urgently curbed, they added.
'Man–made climate change clearly made Hurricane Melissa stronger and more destructive,' Professor Ralf Toumi, director of the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London, said.
Professor Toumi's team used the Imperial College Storm Model for their study. This collates a database of millions of simulated tropical cyclone tracks, allowing scientists to determine the likelihood of a given storm's wind speed impacting any location in the world.
They found that climate change boosted Melissa's wind speed by seven per cent – the equilavent of 11mph.
In a cooler world without climate change, a Melissa–type hurricane would have made landfall once every 8,000 years, they said.
But in today's climate, with 1.3°C warming, it has become four times more likely – with such an event now expected once every 1,700 years.
The researchers estimate that in a world without climate change, a weaker hurricane would have been about 12 per cent less damaging.
Co–author Dr Emily Theokritoff, a research associate in climate damage attribution, said: 'What we show in this study is only a direct and partial snapshot of the total costs inflicted by Hurricane Melissa over time and across several Caribbean countries.
'Nevertheless, it illustrates how climate injustice unfolds: small island developing states bear very little responsibility for the climate crisis yet endure some of its worst impacts.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
It’s like the only hurricane we’ve had all year.
It wasn’t even the most powerful storm. We’ve had worse across the centuries............
Jamaica problems, mon.
They keep misusing the words researchers and scientists when they mean fake science prostitutes and propogandists.
Computer models are garbage in garbage out.
The garbage in is mostly brain dead lefty “scientists”.
The rest of the “climate scientists” are just pathological liars.
And of course every death in Jamaica will be blamed on Trump getting rid of USAID.
It’s like the only hurricane we’ve had all year.
Uhhh ... who is ‘we’, mon?
Are you saying that Jamaica needs an infusion of US tax monies to recover?
Eff ‘em
They can’t serve their citizens WITHOUT the US stepping in?
Shit happens...make contingencies.
#USAID
“””In a cooler world without climate change, a Melissa–type hurricane would have made landfall once every 8,000 years, they said.
But in today’s climate, with 1.3°C warming, it has become four times more likely – with such an event now expected once every 1,700 years. “”””””””””””””
Make your house super strong. In 1700 years this will happen again.
Oh bull hockey.
Right, I guess they have to use it for all the disappointment to date. It is so tiring. Just as well blame it on Loki. No one believes them anymore.
Explain why the number of named storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes this year is well below the predicted amount.
As far as their calculations go ... Jamaican this stuff up, man.
*** In a cooler world without climate change, a Melissa–type hurricane would have made landfall once every 8,000 years, they said.
But in today’s climate, with 1.3°C warming, it has become four times more likely – with such an event now expected once every 1,700 years***
So they’re worried about something that will happen every 1700 years? I thought (according to these same experts) that the earth won’t exist in about 5 years.
Nothing says science like blaming evil spirits.
So, now that it’s happened, we’re good for another 1700 years!...............
Tax me, Baby. Tax me hard!
Funny how the US is always called upon to clean up and pay for damage across the globe.
The EU and UK who want a world war never seem to be able to pitch in and pay and do the heavy lifting on things like this.
The Scam needs money so forget the truth
“scientists” are now rated right on up there with “professors” and “universities”
Useless as teats on a wild feral boar hog....
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