The risk of hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons reaching Category 3 or higher has been increasing 8% per decade, NOAA reports
That’s according to a study released Monday, which warned that hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones — collectively known as tropical cyclones — are now more likely to develop into a Category 3 storm or higher than they were four decades ago, due to human-caused global warming.
And these storms are more likely to reach Category 3 status or reach more severe levels on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, with wind speeds clocking in between 111 and 129 miles per hour. “Devastating damage will occur,” according to the scale, with major damage to homes, trees being uprooted or snapped, and electricity and water being unavailable for several days to weeks.
While the study notes that natural weather cycles can increase or decrease the strength and frequency of storms year over year, it argues that human-caused climate change is driving the rise in storm intensity. As global warming raises the temperature of the ocean’s surface in the areas where tropical cyclones develop, it explains, the storms become more powerful more frequently.
“Our results show that these storms have become stronger on global and regional levels, which is consistent with expectations of how hurricanes respond to a warming world,” Kossin added in a statement.
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