[NYTimes]Hurricane Michael Intensified Quickly, Taking Many by Surprise
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/us/hurricane-michael-intensification-strength.html

What began as a blip of news this past weekend — a tropical storm
lurking in the Gulf of Mexico, hundreds of miles south of Florida —
escalated on Wednesday into the most powerful hurricane to hit the
continental United States in decades.

Hurricane Michael took millions of residents by surprise, intensifying
from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in just two days and leaving
little time for preparations.

“This storm is very special,� said Haiyan Jiang, an associate professor
in the department of earth and environment at Florida International
University. “It has gone through three rapid intensifications� in its
brief lifetime, she added.

Hurricane Michael’s sharp increase in strength as it approached Florida
was due in part to its low barometric pressure, said Phil Klotzbach, a
research scientist in the atmospheric science department at Colorado
State University.

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