A TOP Indian advocacy group that monitors climate change in south Asia warned last night that the Nargis cyclone that devastated Burma was "a sign of things to come", as climate change caused extreme weather to increase in intensity.
"Nargis is a sign of things to come. Last year, Bangladesh was devastated by the tropical cyclone Sidr," CSE director Sunita Narain said in a statement.
"The victims of these cyclones are climate change victims and their plight should remind the rich world that it is doing too little to contain its greenhouse gas emissions."
The Australian: Cyclone 'is a sign of things to come'
Meanwhile:
The 20 Deadliest Tropical Cyclones in World History
Notice: All but one or two occurred before so called "global warming".
http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/deadlyworld.asp
Rank: Name / Areas of Largest Loss: Year: Ocean Area: Deaths:
1. Great Bhola Cyclone, Bangladesh 1970 Bay of Bengal 550,000
2. Hooghly River Cyclone, India and Bangladesh 1737 Bay of Bengal 350,000
3. Haiphong Typhoon, Vietnam 1881 West Pacific 300,000
3. Coringa, India 1839 Bay of Bengal 300,000
5. Backerganj Cyclone, Bangladesh 1584 Bay of Bengal 200,000
6. Great Backerganj Cyclone, Bangladesh 1876 Bay of Bengal 200,000
7. Chittagong, Bangladesh 1897 Bay of Bengal 175,000
8. Super Typhoon Nina, China 1975 West Pacific 171,000
9. Cyclone 02B, Bangladesh 1991 Bay of Bengal 140,000
10. Great Bombay Cyclone, India 1882 Arabian Sea 100,000
11. Hakata Bay Typhoon, Japan 1281 West Pacific 65,000
12. Calcutta, India 1864 Bay of Bengal 60,000
13. Swatlow, China 1922 West Pacific 60,000
14. Barisal, Bangladesh 1822 Bay of Bengal 50,000
15. Sunderbans coast, Bangladesh 1699 Bay of Bengal 50,000
16. Bengal Cyclone, Calcutta, India 1942 Bay of Bengal 40,000
17. Canton, China 1862 West Pacific 37,000
18. Backerganj (Barisal), Bangladesh 1767 Bay of Bengal 30,000
19. Barisal, Bangladesh 1831 Bay of Bengal 22,000
20. Great Hurricane, Lesser Antilles Islands 1780 Atlantic 22,000
21. Devi Taluk, SE India 1977 Bay of Bengal 20,000
21. Great Coringa Cyclone, India 1789 Bay of Bengal 20,000
Death counts from large killer cyclones are highly uncertain, particulary for those before 1900. The above rankings are somewhat speculative. Information sources: Banglapedia, Wikipedia, and Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones (1999), by David Longshore.
Talking carbon claptrap isn't helping the victims of the natural disaster in Burma.
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On this planet, on this forum. 🙂
"You had a topic here that clearly stated that force 5 tropical storms had statisticlly increased."
On what planet?
http://www.pewclimate.org/hurricanes.cfm
'Is the frequency of hurricanes increasing?
Globally (not just in the North Atlantic), there is an average of about 90 tropical storms every year. This average changes very little over time and there has been no detectable change over the 20th century overall, although we do not have good historical data for all regions where hurricanes occur.'
http://www.erinthead.com/hurricanes/category5.htm
'There have been only 29 reliably measured [Atlantic] Category 5 hurricanes since 1928, and very few of these made landfall at Category 5 intensity. This page contains detailed information about each storm.'
Quit making stuff up.
"As I have repeatedly shown and said, there is no established link between global warming and cyclonic activity. Chris Landsea resigned form the IPCC in 2005 due to the wording of AR4 by lead author Trenberth. Even Kerry Emanuel's latest work suggests lttle or no increase in intensity."
You had a topic here that clearly stated that force 5 tropical storms had statisticlly increased. Since it is the force of a storm that dramatically increases the damage, that is significant.
SJT, AB may be somewhat wrong but he is not as wrong as Al Gore.
These are people who need the rich, disaster-prone, alluvial, delta lands to produce their rice and staples and they are aware of the historical dangers.
Was the 2004 tsunami caused by ACO2 too?
I thought Jurassic-type climate with temperate poles and balmy tropics and 2000ppmv CO2 was supposed to be devoid of climate extremes like cyclones.