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Hurricanes & Extreme Weather Trends

S3 · E83 · 01 Oct 2024 · 11 min

A multicoloured whirlwind approaches the Mexican coast: this is the satellite image of Hurricane Otis in 2023. Published on X (Twitter) shortly before the disaster, the video was watched 16 million times. How did weather imagery become so popular?