“[Storm Gordon] may have set off a chain of events that had dramatic impacts on a much bigger, more devastating storm a few weeks later: Hurricane Michael”, National Geographic reported.
Hurricanes hitting the US coast are a powerful force of nature, and the consecutive storms may feed off their predecessors’ remains.
As Nature.com reported, the compound effect is likely to occur if a storm is followed by a heatwave, creating the ideal conditions for another hurricane that is likely to be even more powerful.
In this short video, you can learn more about the most powerful storms known to man “and the surprising role they play in the larger global ecosystem”.
