More Superstorm Sandys? Future Northeast hurricanes could be powerful, linger longer, study says
Hurricane season may be over for this year, but a new study says the monster storms will wreak greater havoc in decades to come, thanks to climate change.
Specifically, by later this century, residents in the northeastern U.S. will see worsening hurricanes as storms arrive more quickly – but slow down once they’ve made landfall, researchers said in a study released Monday. Hurricanes producing catastrophic damage similar to that of 2012's Hurricane Sandy will be more common, the study said.
Hurricane Sandy, known as Superstorm Sandy, smashed into the Northeast in late October 2012, killing 159 people and causing almost $80 billion in damage, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
As storms linger longer over the East Coast, they will cause greater damage along the heavily populated corridor, which includes massive metro areas such as Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York City and Boston, according to the study.
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