Waves crash against buildings during a nor'easter in Scituate, Massachusetts, in February 2024. (Image credit: Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
A new study shows that the most powerful nor'easters — a type of North Atlantic storm that can cause devastating impacts along the U.S. East Coast — are getting stronger under global warming.
Scientists have found that the maximum wind speed and the amount of precipitation falling per hour in the strongest northeast storms have increased since 1940.
The trends found have “serious implications” for residents along the east coast of North America, as these storms bring damaging winds, intense snowfall and significant flooding, the researchers report in a paper published July 14 in the journal PNAS.
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