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Published online 20 April 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050418-10
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July winds predict hurricane damage
UK researchers say their model could benefit US insurers.
Those living on the hurricane-buffeted east coast of the United States, or those who sell them insurance, will probably take notice of a model that predicts the annual damage done by such storms.
The model, based on wind patterns over the land and sea in July, can predict whether damages will be greater or less than average in the storm season from August to October.
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