Warning as US may face "more destructive" hurricanes

Coastal hurricanes in the U.S. will become "more destructive" due to climate change, according to a new study. A new study led by researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington found that hurricanes worldwide have been becoming more severe at a "quickening pace" since 1979. To reach these findings, the authors looked at global hurricane data between 1979 and 2000. They discovered that these storms intensified at an average rate of 0.37 knots every six hours from 2000 to 2020, and then intensified by 1.15...