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Sea Level Rise Challenged Fiji May Experience Strongest Tropical Storm On Record [Greg Laden's Blog]
Friday, February 19, 2016 13:49
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Tropical cyclone Winston is now a Category 4 storm and is probably going to make a direct hit on Fiji, tomorrow, Saturday.
The storm is fueled by high sea surface temperatures, which extend to a significant depth, which probably caused the storm to intensify rapidly and to such a high state.
Jeff Masters and Bob Henson have written up the important information on this storm, here.
Fiji has been hit with a number of bad tropical storms, mainly concentrated in recent decades.
Source: http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2016/02/19/sea-level-rise-challenged-fiji-may-experience-strongest-tropical-storm-on-record/
