Cyclone Chido fueled by ocean warming linked to climate change

Climate Central's Ocean CSI analysis indicates that Cyclone Chido intensified over waters made significantly warmer by human-caused climate change, with some temperature spikes being up to 92 times more likely due to global warming.

• Cyclone Chido reached peak intensity on December 12 in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar, with sustained winds of 69 m/s (155 mph), making it the most intense tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Mayotte.
• On average, ocean temperatures along the storm's track were 1.1°C (2.0°F) warmer than they would have been without human-caused climate change, with temperatures reaching 1.2°C (2.2°F) higher in the hours before landfall.
• The Climate Shift Index: Ocean found that the elevated sea surface temperatures encountered by the storm were made significantly more likely by climate change, with likelihood increases of more than 66, 81, and 92 times at three different stages of the storm's track.
• The strongest climate-driven warming signal occurred on December 10 and 11, coinciding with the period when Cyclone Chido was rapidly intensifying.

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@techreport{climatecentral2024cyclone, author = {{Climate Central}}, title = {{Cyclone Chido fueled by ocean warming linked to climate change}}, institution = {Climate Central}, year = {2024}, month = dec, url = {https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index-alert/cyclone-chido}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }