Post date: Sep 6, 2017 10:33:20 AM

Global warming to make powerful hurricanes more likely, scientists say

NOAA VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

Hurricane Irma packed 185 miles per hour winds Tuesday as it barreled north.

By David Abel GLOBE STAFF SEPTEMBER 06, 2017

Their findings follow similar observations made in a landmark 2010 paper published by the journal Nature Geoscience, which found that hurricanes will likely increase in intensity between 2 percent and 11 percent by 2100.

The paper also found that the most intense storms will likely increase in frequency over that period, with as much as a 20 percent increase in precipitation within 62 miles of the center of those storms.