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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
It is???????? So, we have data on hurricane severity for say the last 5,000 years???? Because it would take that long to have an accurate assessment on a hurricane severity trend----looking at the last 20 years is completely useless.
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We have reasonably good data going back to 1950. Of course data can be interpreted differently, but the link below is NASA's interpretation. Summary statement from paper:
In Brief:
Due to global warming, global climate models predict hurricanes will likely cause more intense rainfall and have an increased coastal flood risk due to higher storm surge caused by rising seas. Additionally, the global frequency of storms may decrease or remain unchanged, but hurricanes that form are more likely to become intense.
A Force of Nature: Hurricanes in a Changing Climate – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet