Sentences with phrase «powerful hurricane activity»

The earlier period of powerful hurricane activity matched previous studies that found evidence of high hurricane activity during the same period in more southerly areas of the western North Atlantic Ocean basin — from the Caribbean to the Gulf Coast.

Not exact matches

Use these activities and Internet connections to engage students of all ages in a study of these powerful and frightening storms, which are called hurricanes, typhoons or cyclones depending on where they happen in the world.

The destruction caused by natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and human activities such as mountaintop removal mining are powerful examples of how the environment and society are tightly interwoven.

Thus while we can already detect trends in data for global hurricane activity considering the whole life of each storm, we estimate that it would take at least another 50 years to detect any long - term trend in U.S. landfalling hurricane statistics, so powerful is the role of chance in these numbers.

We have been told that climate change would cause more powerful hurricanes and yet we have had a decade of lower hurricane activity and no change in tornado activity.

The United States economy has displayed a powerful resiliency over the last several years, with home sales hitting records and commercial activity reaching robust levels despite a steady stream of big shocks like hurricanes Katrina and Rita.