By Irina Severin, an Expert on Russia's Hybrid Warfare
The second storm, named #Moke, follows #Lala and targets Hawaii's Big Island. It is not as intense, and it doesn't get as close as Lala did, but as an addition to the disastrous floods Lala already caused, it could significantly worsen the damage, adding to the floods, mud, and landslides.
This is an intensification by cumulative effects, which could also be weaponized, not only by the hurricane's rapid intensification itself. Especially if an attempt to intensify a storm into a hurricane fails.
An interesting detail is that the second storm had appeared much closer to the Big Island than Lala. The dynamic we followed last Year in the Atlantic, after Hurricane #Erin, originated as a tropical storm in the eastern Atlantic before developing into a full-fledged hurricane.
