Topic: Hurricanes and Cyclones
Katrina victims seek to sue greenhouse gas emitters
AFP Global Edition
Victims of Hurricane Katrina are seeking to sue carbon gas-emitting multinationals for helping fuel global warming and boosting the devastating 2005 storm, legal documents showed. The class action suit brought by residents from southern Mississippi, which was ravaged by hurricane-force winds and driving rains, was first filed just weeks after ...
Global warming raises Taiwan typhoon danger
AFP Global Edition
Global warming is raising the danger from typhoons, Taiwan experts warned Monday, saying the island may be hit in a year or two by a powerful storm like the one which killed more than 700 last August. Typhoon Morakot dumped a record 3,000 millimetres (120 inches) of rainfall and ...
NH hotel fire fanned by strong wind destroys block
AP News
NH oceanfront hotel fire fanned by winds near hurricane force destroys block of 5 businessesA fire that started in an unoccupied oceanfront hotel was fanned by hurricane-force winds and spread to several nearby buildings, engulfing and destroying an entire block of businesses on a stretch of Hampton Beach popular with ...
Tropical storms to be more intense but less frequent: climate study
AFP Global Edition
Tropical cyclones may become less frequent this century but pack a stronger punch as a result of global warming, a paper published on Sunday said. The study is an overview of work into one of the scariest yet also one of the least understood aspects of climate change. Known in ...
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