Typhoon Sinlaku Intensifies in 24 hours to Category 5, 180 mph winds
Posted by TimberBiscuits@reddit | collapse | View on Reddit | 55 comments
Ocean heating has lead to rapid intensification of typhoon Sinlaku which will impact Guam. The strength and speed of this storm is also a hint of what can be expected for the 2026 hurricane season.
galt035@reddit
I live in Florida and THIS is nightmare fuel..
AlwaysPissedOff59@reddit
Good thing you have a competent Governor and Legislature.
Oh, wait...
Yep, you're screwed if a Cat 5 hits.
violentglitter666@reddit
That tiny facist?? Desantis will just prance around in his white boots when the storm is over acting like he’s actually helping.. and probably evacuate to safety in his private plane. Good thing fema wasn’t defunded.. oh yea. We’re so screwed if we get hit with a strong hurricane and obviously the state government doesn’t care about it.
TheWeeWeeWrangler@reddit
There are parts of Florida that still haven't recovered from Milton. Destroyed homes and debris never got rebuilt or cleaned up.
takesthebiscuit@reddit
Get Iran to nuke it!
marbotty@reddit
Don’t need to nuke it if you have a sharpie
MavinMarv@reddit
FL got so lucky with Hurricane Dorian in 2019. I was stationed at Patrick SFB at that time and if that had hit and went over FL, it would’ve taken out the entire FL east coast. Dorian was a warning to FL for what’s to come.
galt035@reddit
I was working on a build in Miami at that time and first there weren’t enough crews in the country to make safe all the tower cranes that were up in the warning time. And second the math on the crane tie backs only goes to about 170-175 mph so had that made landfall at the 186mph (which apparently is about as powerful wind speed wise physics allows) we were in deep shit.
violentglitter666@reddit
Yep. We’re so screwed.
Ohms_lawlessness@reddit
My mother-in-law is Guamanian and she has a loy of family there. I hope they're gonna be okay!
Frutbrute77@reddit
TIL people there are called Guamanian
MavinMarv@reddit
They’re also known as Chamorro.
MavinMarv@reddit
They’re also known as Chamorro.
Sraw-enjoyer@reddit
In april btw. We're so fucked lol.
aya_rei00@reddit
When do typhoons typically form?
theCaitiff@reddit
We think of it as hurricane season but pacific cyclones form under the same conditions and times. It's very early for a northern hemisphere cyclone.
Cantareus@reddit
The term "cyclone" is used in the southern hemisphere. They rotate clockwise. We just got hit by one in NZ, a bit weird for April.
In the northern hemisphere they are called typhoons.
Anxious_cactus@reddit
June to November
gooberdaisy@reddit
Now it’s year round! Congrats.
Comfortably-Numb2026@reddit
April is the new June!
Beginning_Bat_7255@reddit
only 2 super typhoons have occurred in April in recorded history.
Typhoon Surigae (2021) Reached Category 5 / super typhoon strength in mid-April Widely cited as the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded in April
Typhoon Sinlaku (2026) Became a super typhoon in April 2026 Notable for being an unusually early-season storm of that strength
Some_Heron_4266@reddit
We're going to need more categories soon.
Small-Palpitation310@reddit
It was over 90 degrees today in Michigan.
Plane-Breakfast-8817@reddit
This is in Guam - it's a typhoon. The season is typically year round.
TimberBiscuits@reddit (OP)
SS: This post is related to collapse because it’s a real-time example of how our warming oceans continue to intensify storms (typhoons/hurricanes).
merikariu@reddit
Those 20 zettajoules of energy absorbed from the sun have to be shed somehow. Storms are nature's way to do it.
sblinn@reddit
Here’s the fun part the energy doesn’t even leave the system!
OatSoyLaMilk@reddit
What the Hell did the people of Guam do to deserve this?
summercookiess@reddit
According to this sub, being part of the species responsible for destroying the environment and planet
takesthebiscuit@reddit
The US military is one of the most carbon intensive organisations on the planet!
kokopelli73@reddit
It IS the singular most carbon intensive.
ibonek_naw_ibo@reddit
That eye tho
PhoenixRisingdBanana@reddit
Looks bloodshot.
HomoExtinctisus@reddit
Hypercane Hypercane Hypercane! We don't need no ozone.
4ab273bed4f79ea5bb5@reddit
Theoretical hypercanes are actually insane. There's no upper limit on their strength and hurricanes are so good at recycling heat there's a sort of criticality they can hit and become self-sustaining, even over land.
We saw a little bit of that with Helene.
theCaitiff@reddit
I assure you there is an upper limit. Pressure can only go so low, atmospheric moisture/convection can only go so high, and even if you just keep pumping energy into a system that is already somehow a vacuum at ground level and stirring up the atmosphere all the way to the edge of space, eventually the planet breaks apart.
A storm would never reach vacuum or space, there's other limits it would hit first, but it doesn't matter if you remove those limiting factors. There are always upper limits. Strip every limiting factor out that you want and just keep pumping energy in? Okay but the universe appears to be a closed system and you'll eventually run out of energy and that's the upper limit.
4ab273bed4f79ea5bb5@reddit
i mean, sure, the upper limit is a boiling ocean, but you're also 20 years behind in hurricane theory. Hurricanes are heat engines, not convective storms.
grasshopper4579@reddit
Its love the marina trench - aliens anyone ?
grasshopper4579@reddit
What category wakes up Godzilla and kotulu ?
Important-Flower-406@reddit
Darn it😭🙄 It's getting worse and worse
Gbv76@reddit
Have they tried nuking it
Plane-Breakfast-8817@reddit
To prevent confusion with hurricanes and the area - Typhoon season in Guam is year-round in theory, but there’s a clear peak window: Core season June to December Peak activity: August to October. May and early January can still produce storms, but less frequent.
heirapparent24@reddit
If core season starts in June, that means a Cat 5 in April is already unusual, right?
Plane-Breakfast-8817@reddit
Absolutely a cat 5 is unusual. And it being in April is also not normal. My point really was people in the comments were confusing hurricane season with typhoon season.
Practical_Hippo6289@reddit
JFC...
Estuans@reddit
6 years in japan and still managed to dodge every typhoon so far. Hoping it still stays that way :/
redditmodsRrussians@reddit
What can be expected of every hurricane season forever
Specialist-Youth-609@reddit
More heat, more water evaporates, bigger and stronger storm.
Designer-Run607@reddit
Guam is getting tropical storm weather but the northern Marianas are getting a direct hit. Saipan and rhe CNMI are US territories. I get that people don’t know these islands but Guam is not getting anywhere near the brunt of this and they are the bigger, more developed island.
Signed- someone living on Guam
bernpfenn@reddit
what? April Hurricanes? Not cool at all
Plane-Breakfast-8817@reddit
This is in Guam and typhoon season it's pretty much all year
FierceResistance@reddit
I’m seriously wondering if we will see a hurricane with 200mph winds this year.
AHRA1225@reddit
Trump will pull funding for Florida rescue and reconstruction. Good votes all around.
vapemyashes@reddit
Dayum
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