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Hurricane Melissa rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm, the third of the 2025 Atlantic season.

This "rapid intensification," where storms quickly strengthen, is becoming more common due to warming oceans.

Recent destructive storms like Milton, Helene, and Beryl also underwent rapid intensification.

became a hurricane on Saturday, Oct. 25, surged up by Sunday, and by Monday morning strengthened into the third Category 5 hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.

In less than 48 hours, a surged into what's expected to be one of the in recent history. And NHC forecasters say it may get stronger.

That's the new normal with Atlantic hurricanes, NHC data shows.

This year's

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