Recent increase in major Atlantic hurricanes may be ‘rebound’ after 1960-1980s lull

Tropical cyclones are powerful storms that develop in the warm ocean waters of the tropics. Image: NASA
Robert McSweeney
Science Editor, Carbon Brief

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