Even with rapid intensification of tropical storms becoming more common, Typhoon Chanthu near the Philippines is extreme. In 48 hours it went from a 30mph/26 knot tropical depression to a 160 mph/139 knot Category 5 typhoon. Only five other storms have ever intensified this quickly.
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148814/rapid-intensification-for-typhoon-chanthu
Tropical storm Mindy became the third this year to pass over Hilton Head Island. Fortunately all were only tropical storms when they did.
I was interested to learn how much rain Mindy dropped on the island. Inexplicably the page of National Weather Service at Hilton Head Airport does not show rainfall. However, I found this from nearby Beaufort.
Meanwhile Hurricane Larry’s core is turning from hot to cold—don’t ask me to explain because I can’t—and is going to bring heavy snow to Greenland and a gale to Iceland.
This world is a very strange place and becoming stranger.
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