Reading time: 3minutes New research revealed that since the 1980s, category 4 and 5 hurricanes have been arriving three to four days earlier with each passing decade of climate change.
Reading time: 2minutes Global warming will intensify landfalling tropical cyclones of category three or higher in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, while suppressing the formation of weaker events.
Reading time: 2minutes Research indicates that rain brought by hurricanes and Kona storms can often be the most important precipitation for re-supplying groundwater.
Reading time: 2minutes Conditions at the edge of the storm resulted in dry windy weather, while closer to the storm center, Hawaiʻi’s mountains brought rainfall.
Reading time: 2minutes Forecasters predict this season will have a 70 percent chance of being a higher than normal season with the likelihood of five to eight tropical cyclones in the Central Pacific.