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FARGO — A recent study released in the journal, Nature Climate Change, has reconfirmed earlier studies showing that our changing global climate is resulting in a decrease in the number of tropical storms and hurricanes around the world, but an increase in the overall strength of the tropical systems that do form, and a tendency for the strongest hurricanes to undergo very rapid strengthening at times.
Other recent studies have shown an overall decrease in the frequency of tornadoes with a simultaneous increase in the number of days with tornado outbreaks (more than twelve tornadoes in one storm complex). Both of these trends are measurable, but subtle. Tropical cyclone and tornado cases will be up or down in any given year, and the odds of one person finding themselves in the direct path of a tornado or hurricane remains relatively small.
