“[Researchers] find that…storms that pass through a marine heatwave during their rapid intensification cause 93% higher economic damages than storms that do not.”

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Marine heatwaves ‘nearly double’ the economic damage caused by tropical cyclones - Carbon Brief

Tropical cyclones that rapidly intensify when passing over marine heatwaves can become “supercharged”, increasing the likelihood of high economic losses

^{Giuliana Viglione (Carbon Brief)}