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One-two punch of double hurricanes will get more common on US coasts

Paired hurricanes within 15 days of each other are likely to become more frequent as Earth warms.
A woman wades through flood water past a house while carrying a large blue bucket.

Damaging hurricanes such as Harvey, which flooded the US Gulf Coast in 2017 (pictured, flooding in Port Arthur, Texas), are more likely to arrive back-to-back as the climate changes. Credit: Emily Kask/AFP/Getty

In coming decades, the US eastern and Gulf coasts face a growing risk of being hit by two hurricanes in quick succession — a development brought on by climate change1.

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Nature 615, 190 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00568-2

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  1. Xi, D., Lin, N. & Gori, A. Nature Clim. Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01595-7 (2023).

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