A picture taken on May 26, 2018, shows a car stuck in a flooded street in the city of Salalah, Oman, after Cyclone Mekunu dumped two years’ worth of rain in 24 hours. (Photo: Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP / Getty Images)

On May 26, Cyclone Mekunu, the most powerful storm ever to strike Salalah, Oman, made landfall, killing at least 13 people.

Cyclones are uncommon in the Arabian Sea and off the Eastern African Coast, but that is changing, thanks to human-caused climate disruption. Their frequency and strength is increasing dramatically with each passing decade as the atmosphere continues to warm due to human fossil fuel emissions.

Cyclone Mekunu deluged Salalah, Oman’s third-largest city, with more than two years’ worth of rainfall in 24 hours. Salalah normally gets five inches of rain per year.

The storm, which…