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A powerful storm swept into Georgia after hitting the Florida coast

More storms are intensifying rapidly, growing from relatively weak tropical storms to Category 3 or higher hurricanes in less than 24 hours, sometimes stunning forecasters and giving residents little time to prepare. Researchers said that storms will intensify more rapidly as Earth’s climate warms. “It’s very likely that human-caused climate change contributed to that anomalously warm ocean,” a researcher said.

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