CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA — New research shows typhoons in East and Southeast Asia are becoming stronger, and look set to continue to intensify.
“Typhoons can cause very severe damage in human society. An important factor in determining the damage is intensity and also the size of the storm,” Wei Mei, lead author of the study and an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, told the Verge.
The study notes that ocean waters off the coasts of East and Southeast Asia became significantly warmer and the typhoons in the region have also become much stronger.
Typhoons intensify when passing through warm waters as they provide more heat energy.
According to the study, the typhoons that hit East and Southeast Asia have intensified by up to 15 percent in the last 37 years.
