Africa: New Storm Forecasting Methods Mark 'Huge Leap Forward' - U.S. Official

London — "Most people immediately think of wind when they visualise a hurricane ... But the reality is multiple hazards - wind, heavy rain and storm surge"

The director of the U.S. National Hurricane Center said new ways of forecasting extreme weather events, including identifying storms before they fully develop, mark a "huge leap forward in the science of hurricanes".

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