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Climate shift could bring more storms
Hurricane Charley has blown through Florida and the Carolinas. Newly formed Tropical Storm Danielle is churning across the open Atlantic Ocean. Tropical Storm Earl is bearing down on the Windward Islands. Those latest storms are part of an unsettling reality for those who live in hurricane country: Mother Nature has shifted gears on her storm-making machine. A combination of cyclic climatic conditions — hemisphere-wide patterns that scientists call the "Atlantic multi-decadal signal" — has set the stage for a sustained increase in hurricane activity that could last for decades.Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-09-15 |
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