New Haven, Conn. –Another powerful storm is bearing down on Florida and is expected to make landfall tonight or early Thursday, the latest in a potent 2024 hurricane season.
Fueled by warm ocean waters and thunderstorms, hurricanes form at sea and often move toward land, where they can cause catastrophic damage and significant loss of life, as happened recently with Helene. The new hurricane approaching Florida, Milton, is expected to be severe.
“This year's hurricanes are being fueled by record and near-record sea surface temperatures that are strongly linked to human-caused climate change. Hurricanes Helene and Milton are likely to end up delivering the most destructive one-two punch to the United States since Katrina and Rita in 2005,” said Bob Henson, a meteorologist with Yale Climate Connections.
The following Yale experts are available to speak with the news media about hurricanes, what drives them, emerging trends, and the influence of global warming.
- Alexey Fedorov, professor of ocean and atmospheric science in Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Jennifer Marlon, senior research scientist at the Yale School of the Environment
- Bob Henson, meteorologist, Yale Climate Connections
Learn more about the 2024 hurricane season
here and Hurricane Milton
here.