The hurricane Balm, one of the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic, is still following its path of destruction after crossing JamaicaCuba and, early Thursday morning, the Bahamas as well. Scientists have already concluded—proven with data—that this phenomenon is a direct consequence of the climate crisis created by the burning of fossil fuels. A specific study by Imperial College London concludes that global warming has made this hurricane four times more likely. If there were no climate change, a hurricane of that intensity would have occurred only once every 8,000 years, the study says. But human-created conditions have increased wind speeds by at least 18 km/h and raised them to the 295 km/h recorded on record. Balm when it made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday, as a Category 5 hurricane.

Dana's birthday, which is being commemorated today, comes as images of the hurricane are shown on television. Balm, which is devastating Jamaica, combined with archival footage of the floods and Carlos Mazón's poker face, pretending he was on the ball. They are two very distant and distinct tragedies, but in both cases there are common points. One is the fact that the intensity is greater due to the climate crisis, which is warming the sea at an increasingly alarming rate and causing, in turn, greater frequency and virulence of the extreme rains and winds that have always accompanied these atmospheric phenomena. It's true, as the deniers say, that hurricanes and hurricanes, formerly known as cold drops, have always existed. But they are wrong if they think these are isolated cases, because it has become clear that the global warming caused by the use of fossil fuels and other polluting materials makes them more abundant and dangerous now.

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