Satellite view of Hurricane Harvey, 2017. (Photo credit: NASA) Intense tropical cyclones (maximum wind speed greater than 131 miles per hour) are one of the most devastating natural disasters in the world due to torrential rains, flooding, destructive winds and coastal storm surges. New public impact research co-authored by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa atmospheric scientist revealed that since the 1980s, category 4 and 5 hurricanes (equivalent to intense tropical cyclones) have been arriving three to four days earlier with each passing decade of climate change.

https://www.miragenews.com/hurricanes-arriving-earlier-due-to-climate-1100009/

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