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From Malawi to Mississippi, deadly cyclones are ravaging the planet. But scientists warn they could get even scarier.

So are tropical storms growing in intensity? What’s making them so powerful? Is climate change to blame? And can the world prepare better for such extreme weather events?Mounting evidence shows that increasingly warmer oceans are fuelling more powerful tropical storms than before. The link to climate change is clear, say many scientists. There is no quick fix.

"Freddy was an unprecedented, deadly cyclone" caused by"a combination of Indian Ocean warming and perfect atmospheric conditions," Nath told Al Jazeera."In other words, the perfect storm." They've been shown to cause coral bleaching and the destruction of seagrass and kelp forests. This damage to the ecosystems many other oceanic species depend on in turn hurts marine biodiversity, research has shown.In May 2020, Cyclone Amphan barrelled into Eastern India, killing more than 100 people and forcing nearly 5 million people to flee from their homes in India and Bangladesh.

With the regular warming of oceans already expected to increase the intensity of cyclones, more frequent marine heatwaves could turbocharge these storms. Jangir predicts that"long-lived and intense cyclones", like Freddy, will only grow more common. Extreme hurricanes also bring with them an equally deadly partner – a dramatic rise in seawater levels known as a storm surge, which often leads to the flooding of coastal regions.

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They opened the Haarp Machines🤞🤞🤞🤞

let this sick world end now

Same scientists that said coastal cities would be underwater by 2013

Fact: Tragedies they are for humans who get caught up, but even worse weather phenomenon have been happening all over the world for thousands of years, and will still happen. media is pushing climate fear porn, as per WEF directive

A deadly wave of news24 propaganda is ravaging the country

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