Zombie Storms are becoming more common, and that may be a trend that wont end – PennLive

Because 2020 needed another nightmare anomaly to add to the mix theres now a weather situation taking place and scientists say we can thank climate change for it.

Zombie Storms, are now a thing and its not good.

Especially in a year where the COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the country and while wild fires are burning out on the West Coast.

But Zombie Storms, according to a report on ScienceAlert.com are storms which initially peter out only to regain strength. Its not a new thing. Zombie Storm is a new term, but the phenomenon has happened before. Only now, its becoming more common because of climate change.

The report points to Tropical storm Paulette which formed over the Atlantic Ocean and hit Bermuda as a Category 1 hurricane. It then advanced to a Category 2 over land before weakening and dying off five days later.

But Paulette wasnt done.

The story said the storm regained strength and became a tropical storm again "about 300 miles away from the Azores Islands on Monday, Sept. 21.

The story points to an extreme amount of heating of the Gulf (of Mexico), particularly in some of the ocean areas off of the Caribbean.

If theyre not so strong, in the past, they would just die out, Donald Wuebbles, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign said in the report. But now, they reach warm water in the Caribbean region and pick up energy again.

And with oceans continuing to warm, unfortunately, it appears not only are we facing more storms, but we are facing more Zombie Storm scenarios in which they just dont go away.

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