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Tropical storms and climate change

  • Climate change could lead to tropical storms in more and different locations.
  • Warmer seas could allow the storms to extend further north and south of the equator.
  • Low-lying coasts where many people live are most at risk.

Climate change may increase or decrease the number of hurricanes, but it is likely that their intensity will increase.

Rising sea levels will make tropical storms more damaging, increasing coastal flooding.