Harvey, Irma, Maria: This is the hurricane season scientists expected … and feared

Grist
By Eric HolthausSep 20, 2017, 1:48 pm122 pts
After multiple intense hurricane landfalls this month, the scenes from the Caribbean have been horrific — trees stripped bare, houses flattened, million-dollar yachts strewn like toys. Category 5 hurricanes, like Irma and Maria, are the pinnacle of nature’s fury. There is simply no weather event on Earth…

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