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1. Hurricane IkeIke, a Category 4 hurricane, was the biggest storm of this year's Atlantic hurricane season. It made US landfall on Sept. 13 at Galveston, Texas with winds above 100 mph. It was blamed for at least 61 deaths in the U.S. and was one of the five costliest hurricanes in U.S. history. Maximum sustained winds reached 145 mph. And, the diameter of the storm -- at one point, 450 miles -- made it one of the most massive Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded.Global Warming Link: In the 2008 season, above-normal sea surface temperatures and water vapor in the atmosphere associated with global warming likely contributed to the above-average tropical storm activity. Expert: Kevin Trenberth, trenbert@ucar.edu, 303-497-1318 Consensus Science: It is likely that hurricane rainfall and wind speeds will increase in response to human-caused warming.(ES, p.7) i _____________________________________ iThe White House report, "Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States" issued in May 2008, is available online at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/scientific-assessment/. Back to Extreme Weather 2008 Home |
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