Better predictions for hurricanes and other tropical cyclones, as well as tornadoes, have reduced the death tolls from such events in recent decades. But flooding deaths are on the rise.
In the future, though, Gnanadesikan and his team aim to use ongoing satellite data to track changes in ocean color, and to see if there's a real-world link to tropical cyclone paths.
A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.
Violet [tropical cyclone]
This showed that the early Pliocene had a weakened atmospheric circulation, and therefore, reduced vertical wind shear, which is favorable for tropical cyclone growth.
That in turn may increase the severity of tropical cyclones, which throw more water into the stratosphere.
Natural calamities, such as floods, tropical cyclones, tornadoes and tidal bores occur here almost every year - with tragic results.
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