This Wednesday (January 19), NASA tweeted out a video explaining the climate changes that are making hurricanes stronger. It took the space agency some time to explain whether climate change is affecting the strength of hurricanes as well as coastal flooding.

With a video titled “Hurricanes get strongerNASA climatologist Mara Cordero-Fuentes explains that hurricanes will not reach category 6 due to physicsbut there will be more category hurricanes 3/4/5 in the Atlantic every season.

Watch the full video below:

The scientist also explains that climate change, and in particular global warming, affects the speed of hurricanes because the warmer the water, the stronger the hurricane systemgiving more energy. In short yes hurricanes get stronger as organizations increasingly see tropical cyclones reach higher categories.

Global warming has a strong effect on hurricanes

NASA explains that: “Due to global warming, global climate models predict that hurricanes are likely to produce more intense rainfall and have a greater risk of coastal flooding due to increased storm surge caused by rising sea levels. In addition, the global frequency of storms may decrease or remain unchanged, but if hurricanes form, they are more likely to become intense.

It appears that global warming will have a strong impact on hurricanes and floods, and we are likely to see an increase in these events in the coming years.

Via: NASA explains if climate change is causing hurricanes to get stronger Source: twitter

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