Climate link with killer cyclones spurs fierce scientific debate

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Aerial view of the outskirts of Yangon inundated with floodwaters from Cyclone Nargis. Climate scientists have begun to debate whether global warming is producing more powerful storms after Nargis smashed into Myanmar -- brutally changing gear from a ...
Aerial view of the outskirts of Yangon, inundated with floodwaters from Cyclone Nargis. Climate scientists have begun to debate whether global warming is producing more powerful storms, after Nargis smashed into Myanmar -- brutally changing gear from a Category One to a Category Four cyclone just before it made landfall.

Climate scientists have begun to debate whether global warming is producing more powerful storms, after Nargis smashed into Myanmar -- brutally changing gear from a Category One to a Category Four cyclone just before it made landfall.


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