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Severe Storms are Increasing in Frequency and Intensity – What Is The Cause?
Celia, Charely, and Katrina are storms that are synonymous with death and destruction. Often these storms are described as 100-year or even 500-year events; meaning that storms like these only have a 1-in-100 or 1-in-500 chance of occurring during any given year.
However, according to recent research, these storms are appearing more often and are becoming more intense. So much so, that many scientists believe that the 100-year events could become 3-year events and 500-year events could become 25-year events.
This means the devastation of such hurricanes as Celia and Katrina increase from a 1% chance of occurring every year to a 33% chance! The big questions are: what is causing these growing disasters and is there anything we can do to stop them?
One recent hurricane that had a devastating effect on America was 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. Katrina was responsible for the deaths of nearly 2000 people and caused an estimated 200 billion dollars in damage.
According to NOAA, Katrina:
“Was one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of the United States during the last 100 years.” (1)
However, Katrina-like Read more…
Source: http://www.topsecretwriters.com/2013/06/severe-storms-are-increasing-in-frequency-and-intensity-what-is-the-cause/
