Questão 18 - UNEB Dia 1 2026

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Climate crisis means super-strength Hurricane Melissa is 'dangerous new reality'

 

Winds of Melissa's strength are now five times more frequent due to the climate crisis, research says

 

Every aspect of Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm ever to hit Jamaica, was worsened by the climate crisis, a team of scientists has found.

Melissa caused widespread devastation when it crunched into Jamaica as a category five hurricane on October 28, with winds up up to 185mph.

Winds of Melissa's strength are now five times more frequent due to the climate crisis, the research said

The storm wiped out homes, businesses, crops and livelihoods, causing damage estimated to be equivalent to around a third of the island nation's GDP.

The hurricane displaced hundreds of thousands of people as it continued on to hit Cuba, with its ferocious winds causing damage as far as the Dominican Republic and Haiti. At least 61 people have died as a result. The savage strength of Melissa was exacerbated by the overheated air and ocean, caused by the heat-trapping emissions that come from the burning of fossil fuels, an international team of scientists has determined.

Climate change increased Melissa's maximum wind speeds by 7% and extreme rainfall by 16%, the team at World Weather Attribution, a consortium of 20 researchers from the US, UK, Sweden, Dominican Republic, Netherlands, Jamaica and Cuba, found.

Events such as the five days of pounding rainfall in Jamaica from Melissa are now about 30% more intense and twice as likely due to today's altered climate, which is about 1.3C hotter, globally, than the pre-industrial average, the analysis found. Global heating has made the atmospheric and marine conditions behind such extreme events six times more likely.

Melissa is just the latest example of a major storm suddenly picking up strength with unusual speed. This "rapid intensification" was particularly pronounced with this hurricane, with Melissa's wind speeds shooting up from 68mph to 139mph in just one day. This process is a hallmark of a warming climate, scientists have found, with storms able to feed upon heat in the ocean and atmosphere to become more fierce. Melissa crawled slowly over seas that were nearly 1.5C hotter than the long-term norm, gaining a brutal strength it then unleashed upon Jamacia.

The huge task of cleaning up and rebuilding from a storm that caused around $6bn in damages to Jamaica has again highlighted the vexed question of international climate finance. For years, developing, climate-vulnerable countries have urged richer nations to contribute funds to help them with the heatwaves, storms and droughts that these less wealthy places have done little to cause.

Adaptado de: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/06/hurricane-melissa-stor m-strength-climate-crisis. Acessado em 06 nov. de 2025.

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