Sentences with phrase «growing hurricane threat»

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Weevils have attacked the plants in the past, damaging the local crop, but the biggest threats to supply are the lack of large - scale producers (most locals just grow a few plants for their own use) and hurricanes, which dump heavy rains and pack a punch with fierce winds that destroy the fragile plants.

This raises the prospect that, as hurricane activity increases for whatever reason, the threat of wildfires in the Southeast and Gulf Coast regions could grow as the climate continues to warm, some researchers say.