{"id":2193,"date":"2026-05-30T11:03:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2026-05-30T11:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:03:49","slug":"hurricane-season-2026-rapid-intensification-becoming-the-norm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=2193","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane season 2026: Rapid intensification becoming the norm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Since 2020, roughly 30 tropical systems have undergone rapid intensification at some point in their lifecycle \u2014 a jump nearly five-fold since 1980. And that period of intensification can be the difference between if you need to prepare for a Category 3 storm or a Category 5.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=2191\">Low wages, empty plates, heavy toll: Rethinking suicide prevention<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rapid intensification is nothing new but with Earth\u2019s ever-changing climate, the odds of intensification have jumped significantly. Rapid intensification is defined as a storm increasing its maximum wind speed more than 35 mph in a span of 24 hours. Back in the 1980s, a storm undergoing rapid intensification at any point in its lifecycle had a 1-in-100 chance \u2014 or 1%. Today, those odds have jumped to 1-in-20, or a 5% chance.<\/p>\n<p>Storms like 2019\u2019s Hurricane Michael, which struck the Florida Panhandle as a Category 5 storm as well as recent storms like Ida, Ian, Beryl and Milton have all undergone rapid intensification, with many of these storms doing so just before landfall. It\u2019s a growing concern for residents along both the Gulf and Atlantic coasts.<\/p>\n<p>States like Florida have started to combat the risk of rapidly intensifying storms by turning the focus from a storm\u2019s cone to a storm\u2019s risks. While you can\u2019t stop Mother Nature, you can prepare for its worst.<\/p>\n<p>John Scott, Brevard County\u2019s Emergency Management Director said he \u2014 and other emergency managers across the state \u2014 plan multiple contingencies as a storm develops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call it our three-board approach,\u201d Scott said. \u201cWe\u2019re never planning for just what the current forecast is. We\u2019re building multiple scenarios. We have a current track option, and then a worst-case one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having multiple options allows county agencies to respond appropriately in the immediate aftermath of a storm. They\u2019ll stage for the worst-case scenario right from the start and ramp up or down their response as the storm evolves.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=2189\">WHO chief lands in Congo, saying Ebola outbreak \u2018can be stopped\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re sort of planning in that tri-parallel, so that it\u2019s not a matter of, \u2018OK, we must rebuild and start over.\u2019 It\u2019s just a matter of moving from one scenario to the other,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scott says residents can do the same thing to prepare as storm season approaches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe try to have that same conversation with our residents. Get your disaster supply kit ready, regardless of what this (season) does. Shutters are up, those are a good thing regardless,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n<p>Having everything you need to brave a Category 5 storm allows you to ramp up or down your preparedness level.<\/p>\n<p>Consider building a hurricane kit that can last upward of one month. Then utilize that kit throughout the season, restocking it as you encounter a storm. And remember to tune into Spectrum News, to help you \u201cBe Prepared, Not Scared\u201d this hurricane season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=2183\">Trump administration grants rare TPS reprieve, extending protections for 11,000 Lebanese<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2020, roughly 30 tropical systems have undergone rapid intensification at some point in their lifecycle \u2014 a jump nearly five-fold since 1980. 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