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"We’ve long known cyclones are heat engines, fuelled by hot water. They also
pump heat from the hot tropics into cooler areas. But they’re starting to
behave differently. As the world heats up, the atmosphere can hold more
moisture. When cyclones form, they can transfer significantly more water from
oceans to land.
We saw this in December. Most of the damage done by Cyclone Jasper when it hit
far north Queensland wasn’t from the intense winds. It was when the Category 2
storm stalled over Cape York, dumping huge amounts of rain – over 2 metres in
some areas – and triggering devastating floods.
It’s likely to happen again this week, as a slow-moving tropical low heads for
northern Queensland, carrying huge volumes of water and threatening new floods.
Authorities are warning people to prepare – not just on the coast but well
inland.
The storm – likely to be named Cyclone Kirrily – will be the second to make
landfall this season."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics