![]() ![]() Major hurricanes in the Atlantic are becoming more frequent and the waters off the north-east coastline are helping push this change. “There’s a likely human fingerprint on that.” Ocean temperatures “are very anomalous right now”, said James Kossin, a hurricane expert at the University of Wisconsin. The Atlantic has been several degrees warmer than normal over the past week, feeding the intensity of Henri as it barreled towards Rhode Island. ![]() In many respects Henri was a very unusual storm, with a patch of high pressure on one side and low pressure on the other causing it to funnel far farther north than such weather systems ever venture.īut climate trends are playing a role – research has shown that tropical storms are migrating polewards as the Earth heats up, making more northerly storms such as Henri more likely, while rising ocean temperatures are providing more fuel for storms to become stronger.Ī rescue crew member wades through high waters following a flash flood, as Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall, in Helmetta, New Jersey, on Sunday. So is there a climate change link to Henri? The flooding, centered on the city of Waverly, which lies west of the state capital, Nashville, was caused by extraordinary rainfall that measured 17in in just 24 hours – a new state record. ![]() More than 30 million people from New Jersey to New Hampshire were placed on a flood warning.Ībout 700 miles south-west a greater tragedy unfolded in Tennessee on Saturday, with cascades of rain causing such intense flooding that at least 22 people died, with dozens of others still missing. On Saturday night, Central Park in New York City had its wettest single hour in recorded history, with nearly 2in of rain falling from 10pm to 11pm. ![]()
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