The intensity of such hurricanes has increased by 50 % over the last decades. (foeeurope.org)
The 140 - mph winds of that storm were excessively damaging and such a hurricane does have the potential to make a repeat performance. (trustedchoice.com)
They looked for such hurricanes in three different places: Tampa, because of its large population; Cairns, Australia, because it is in a cyclone - prone area and in the Southern Hemisphere; and the Persian Gulf, where no hurricane has ever been observed. (wxshift.com)