Scientists say that hurricane Katrina, which is being called
the worst weather disaster ever to hit the US, is not a unique
event. Global warming is causing more storms in the Atlantic
and ocean temperatures and trade winds?the two forces
behind a hurricane?are increasing in the Caribbean and North
Atlantic.
The group of UK scientists who make up Tropical Storm Risk
predicted earlier this year that the Atlantic would be hit by
22 tropical storms during the six month hurricane season,
which runs from June through November. This would be the
worst
hurricane season ever recorded and more than twice as
many since record started being kept in 1851. They predicted
that seven of the storms would hit the US and three would
be hurricanes. So far, there have been five named hurricanes
in the Atlantic, two of which have hit the US, and the
hurricane season isn't over yet.
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