"Increasingly powerful 'supertyphoons' will strike Japan if global warming continues to affect weather patterns in the western Pacific Ocean, scientists say.
Supercomputer simulations show there will be more typhoons with winds of 179 miles (288 kilometers) per hour--considered an F3 on the five-level Fujita Scale--by 2074.
By definition, supertyphoons carry winds of at least 150 miles (241 kilometers) per hour."
by National Geographic
Click here for full article
Warming may lead to 'supertyphoon' boom
By: shannond | September 25th, 2009 at 11:37am
Tagged: None
Contributors
shannond
Blog Posts: 2418
wetsanduser4
Blog Posts: 217
