NOAA model projects fewer, but more intense hurricanes late this century

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Auto Catastrophe Property

A new model simulation of Atlantic hurricane activity for the last two decades of this century projects fewer hurricanes overall, but a slight increase in intensity for hurricanes that do occur. Hurricanes are also projected to have more intense rainfall, on average, in the future. The findings are reported in a study by scientists at NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, N.J., scheduled to be published online on May 18 in Nature Geoscience.

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http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080519_hurricanes.html

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