Here’s what’s unusual about Hurricane Michael
The late-season Gulf of Mexico storm rapidly intensified to a category 4 before making landfall
![satellite image of Hurricane Michael](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/101018_CG_michael_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
FUELED-UP FURY Hurricane Michael, shown here just hours before it made landfall along the Florida panhandle, gathered strength from unusually warm Gulf of Mexico waters before slamming the coast as a Category 4 storm.
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