The following is a transcription of James Meadway linked to above. It draws extensively on the writing of Ed Conway:
“We do know that warm ocean waters make hurricanes more destructive and the Gulf of Mexico is currently an exceptional 2 degrees above its average temperature.
The loss of life and the destruction of communities are incomparable losses for those directly affected, but the implications of Helene’s destruction in our interconnected world are broader than the US context…