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The country faces an average of 20 tropical cyclones per year, according to the national weather bureau.
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Chad De Guzman, TIME, 22 Dec. 2024
Scientists say climate change, driven by humans burning fossil fuels, is making tropical cyclones more destructive as hotter oceans fuel them with more energy and warmer air can hold more moisture, which is wrung out in the form of torrential rain.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
The tropical cyclone had sustained wind speeds of 115 miles per hour on Sunday morning, according to the U.S. military’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
—Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Vanuatu, home to about 335,000 people, is an archipelago of 82 islands, many of which are as little as 3 feet above sea level, and has seen sea level increase by about 0.2 inches in the past 30 years, as well as an increase in extreme weather like tropical cyclones, flooding and landslides.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2024
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Chad De Guzman, TIME, 22 Dec. 2024
Scientists say climate change, driven by humans burning fossil fuels, is making tropical cyclones more destructive as hotter oceans fuel them with more energy and warmer air can hold more moisture, which is wrung out in the form of torrential rain.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
The tropical cyclone had sustained wind speeds of 115 miles per hour on Sunday morning, according to the U.S. military’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
—Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Vanuatu, home to about 335,000 people, is an archipelago of 82 islands, many of which are as little as 3 feet above sea level, and has seen sea level increase by about 0.2 inches in the past 30 years, as well as an increase in extreme weather like tropical cyclones, flooding and landslides.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Tropical cyclone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tropical%20cyclone. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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