The super-sized and dangerous hurricanes we’re seeing these days (Florence is just the latest North American example) are inevitable with global warming. Turns out our categories 1 through 5 are totally inadequate to measure the intensity and damage potential of the new types of storms. Here’s an informative, if frightening, adapted extract about the issue extracted from a book that talks about one of my favorite weather experts Jeff Masters. It doesn’t want to copy so you’ll have to click thru.
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