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Are hurricanes getting stronger?

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NASA.

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We Asked a NASA Scientist.

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When you say, "Are hurricanes getting stronger?" in\h
the sense of, "Are they going to be category six?"

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The answer in that case will be no.

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Because of\hphysics, hurricanes do not reach more than a\hcategory five.

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However, we do see more and more\h
hurricanes in the Atlantic every season getting to\h\h

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category three, category four or category five
compared to seasons 40 years ago.

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NASA does have\ha huge part in the studies of hurricanes\h
and it starts mainly with the development\h\h

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of all these different instruments that we put on\h
satellites and we put in orbit.

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As scientists, we\hare always looking at the reasons why there's\h
this possibility that more and more tropical\h\h

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cyclones are becoming category three or more in every\h
hurricane season.

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There is a large influence from\hclimate change.

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The warmer the water, the stronger\h
and the more energy this system is going to have\h\h

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and it's going to just increase in intensity.

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So,\hare hurricanes getting stronger?

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The answer to\hthat will be yes.

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We are seeing more and more\htropical cyclones become category three, four\hand five.

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So in reality yes, we're seeing that\h
change every season in the last several years.