Study: Tampa And Other Major Cities Could Experience Violent ‘Grey Swan’ Storms

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Tampa, Florida does not see many extreme tropical storms, but, according to a team of researchers from Princeton University and MIT, that could change in coming years.

Tampa, Florida does not see many extreme tropical storms, but, according to a team of researchers from Princeton University and MIT, that could change in coming years.


Their computer models show that  a particularly violent type of storm called a ‘Grey Swan’ has a chance of hitting the area in the future. 


‘Grey Swans’ are called such due to the similarities they share with ‘Black Swans,' a major weather event that is entirely unpredictable. 

Though the grey variety is quite intense as well, they can be detected in advance with a reaso