Rice University: Future Texas Hurricanes - Fast Like Ike or Slow Like Harvey?
July 07, 2020
July 07, 2020
HOUSTON, Texas, July 7 -- Rice University issued the following news release:
Climate change will intensify winds that steer hurricanes north over Texas in the final 25 years of this century, increasing the odds for fast-moving storms like 2008's Ike compared with slow-movers like 2017's Harvey, according to new research.
The study (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17130-7) published online July 3 in Nature Communications examined regional atmospheric wind patterns tha . . .
Climate change will intensify winds that steer hurricanes north over Texas in the final 25 years of this century, increasing the odds for fast-moving storms like 2008's Ike compared with slow-movers like 2017's Harvey, according to new research.
The study (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17130-7) published online July 3 in Nature Communications examined regional atmospheric wind patterns tha . . .