Weather & Science
Climate Change ‘Supercharged’ Philippines’ Typhoon Season, Study Finds
- Recent storms made twice as likely by warming temperatures
- Country faces increased risks of back-to-back typhoons
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A warming climate fueled the blitz of six powerful storms that hit the Philippines within a matter of weeks this year, according to a new study.
The conditions that enabled the unusual string of tropical cyclones late in the season, including higher sea surface temperatures, were made nearly twice as likely by human-induced climate change, according to World Weather Attribution, an international group of scientists that examines the link between extreme weather and climate change. That’s compared with a scenario where global temperatures remained at pre-industrial levels, it said.