Be one of the first 200 people to sign up with this link and get 20% off your subscription with Brilliant.org! https://brilliant.org/realscience/ Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-what-causes-the-worst-cyclones-its-not-just-heat Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscience Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann Images Courtesy of Getty Images Credits: Narrator: Stephanie Sammann Writer: Ashleen Knutsen Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator: Jacek Ambrożewski Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (null) References: [1] https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/weather/hurricane-lee-path-atlantic-caribbean-climate/index.html [2] https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/ [3] https://ocean.si.edu/planet-ocean/waves-storms-tsunamis/hurricanes-typhoons-and-cyclones [4] https://public.wmo.int/en/resources/meteoworld/hybridization-of-sandy [5] https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/mwre/108/11/1520-0493_1980_108_1915_aaostt_2_0_co_2.xml [6] https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/climate-change/perfect-storm-what-is-the-fujiwhara-effect--85337 [7] https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/40615/typhoon-melor-and-tropical-storm-parma [8] https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/03/17/1164256900/cyclone-freddy-shattered-records-people-lost-everything-how-does-the-healing-beg [9] https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/world%E2%80%99s-deadliest-tropical-cyclone-was-50-years-ago [10] http://www.hurricanescience.org/history/storms/1970s/greatbhola/ [11] https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-tropical-cyclone-activity [12] https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/bibliography/related_files/gav_2010JCLI3810.pdf [13] https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1920849117 [14] https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/31/9/jcli-d-17-0391.1.xml [15] https://www.c2es.org/content/hurricanes-and-climate-change/ [16] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-013-1011-1