In case you're wondering what the new IPCC Ocean and Cryosphere report says about changes in hurricanes, here it is. First, the statement from the Summary for Policymakers: 
From Chapter 6:
Saying "medium confidence" for more intense tropical cyclones and more rain from them sounds too conservative to me. Here are summary quotes from a new BAMS review paper on TCs [journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.117…]. First, on intensity:
Here's the summary for rainfall:
As many people have said before me, these IPCC consensus scientific documents tend to be too conservative and underplay risks and what we're confident of.
