2019 marks the 4th consecutive Atlantic hurricane season with above-average activity, and wraps up a decade that saw some of the most devastating hurricanes to hit the US in recorded history. (1/6) nbcnews.to/2P6M0Fy 
NOAA has tracked more than 150 named storms in the Atlantic since 2010. 30 were classified major hurricanes.
The link between hurricanes and global warming is an area of intense study and little consensus. (2/6)
The link between hurricanes and global warming is an area of intense study and little consensus. (2/6)
Scientists agree that climate change is causing storms to be rainier.
As global temperatures rise, the subsequently warmer atmosphere can hold more water vapor, says Jennifer Francis, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Research Center. (3/6)
As global temperatures rise, the subsequently warmer atmosphere can hold more water vapor, says Jennifer Francis, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Research Center. (3/6)
David Nolan, a professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Miami, says he agrees that global warming is driving increased rainfall but adds that it has been harder to draw links between hurricanes and other effects of climate change. (4/6)
“You can look at temperature records around the world and see that there’s global warming, or look at sea level records and see that they are definitely increasing, but we just haven’t seen that kind of signal yet in hurricanes,” he says. (5/6)
Half the storms in the 2019 season lasted fewer than 3 days.
"For the continental US, the most damaging storm was a weak, short-lived tropical storm that caused a tremendous amount of damage,” says Phil Klotzbach, a scientist at Colorado State Univ. (6/6)
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"For the continental US, the most damaging storm was a weak, short-lived tropical storm that caused a tremendous amount of damage,” says Phil Klotzbach, a scientist at Colorado State Univ. (6/6)
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