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  2. Effects of tropical cyclones - Wikipedia

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    The effects of tropical cyclones include heavy rain, strong wind, large storm surges near landfall, and tornadoes. The destruction from a tropical cyclone, such as a hurricane or tropical storm, depends mainly on its intensity, its size, and its location. Tropical cyclones remove forest canopy as well as change the landscape near coastal areas ...

  3. Tropical cyclones and climate change - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Tropical cyclones use warm, moist air as their source of energy or fuel. As climate change is warming ocean temperatures, there is potentially more of this fuel available. [3] Between 1979 and 2017, there was a global increase in the proportion of tropical cyclones of Category 3 and higher on the Saffir–Simpson scale.

  4. How is climate change affecting hurricanes, typhoons and ...

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    The proportion of tropical cyclones reaching category four and five may increase by around 10% if global temperature rises are limited to 1.5C, increasing to 13% at 2C and 20% at 4C, the IPCC says ...

  5. Cyclone Chido kills 94 people in Mozambique - AOL

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    The UN's climate body, the IPCC, previously said there is "high confidence" that humans have contributed to increases in precipitation associated with tropical cyclones, and "medium confidence ...

  6. Effects of climate change on human health - Wikipedia

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    The effects of climate change on human health are profound because they increase heat-related illnesses and deaths, respiratory diseases, and the spread of infectious diseases. There is widespread agreement among researchers, health professionals and organizations that climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century.

  7. Hurricane Rafael makes landfall in Cuba before entering Gulf ...

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    Hurricane Rafael made landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 storm at 4:15 p.m. ET Wednesday in the Cuban province of Artemisa, just east of Playa Majana, with maximum sustained winds estimated to be ...

  8. Tropical cyclone - Wikipedia

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    A tropical cyclone is the generic term for a warm-cored, non-frontal synoptic-scale low-pressure system over tropical or subtropical waters around the world. [4] [5] The systems generally have a well-defined center which is surrounded by deep atmospheric convection and a closed wind circulation at the surface. [4]

  9. Could Sara become a hurricane that hits Florida? Some ... - AOL

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    National Hurricane Center forecasters say the storm is now "Potential Tropical Cyclone 18," a tropical wave ... although it's still "too soon to determine what impacts the system could bring the ...