What Causes Hurricanes Like Beryl To Get So Strong So Quickly, And Is Climate Change To Blame?

Andrew McKenzie works on placing cinderblocks along a roof as he makes last-minute preparations for the arrival of Hurricane Beryl on July 3, 2024, in Kingston, Jamaica. | Source: Joe Raedle / Getty

Hurricane Beryl was the latest Atlantic storm to rapidly intensify, growing quickly from a tropical storm into the strongest June hurricane on record in the Atlantic. It hit the Grenadine Islands with 150 mph winds and a destructive storm surge on July 1, 2024, then continued to intensify into...