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The science behind the perfect storm

Published: May 5, 2023 Crawled: Sep 11, 2023 at 7:06 PM Length: 80 words
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Storm Hilary became the first tropical storm to hit California in 84 years on August 20th. After being downgraded from a Category 4 hurricane, Hilary could still bring life-threatening amounts of rain, according to Americas National Weather Service, and has left nearly 26m people under flood watch. As global warming transforms the planets oceans, Oliver Morton, senior editor at The Economist, explores how hurricanes are affected by rising temperatures and what this means for the coastal communities in their path.

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4183
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the-science-behind-the-perfect-storm
Date Published
May 5, 2023
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Sep 11, 2023 at 7:06 PM
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economist.com