1. Cyclones worldwide are becoming stronger and potentially more deadly as the globe warms as per 40 years of satellite data.
2. Probability of storms reaching major hurricane status (category 3 or above on the Saffir-Simpson scale with winds in excess of 110 mph or higher), increased decade after decade.
3. Likely increase in stronger storms as global oceans had warmed and some data set shows statistically significant trends.
4. Storms across the world are becoming stronger and thus more destructive, as the higher-end of the scale storms produce a disproportionate amount of damage and deaths.
5. With increased sea surface temperature along with changes in atmospheric conditions allowed storms to more easily reach higher intensities.
6. Recently Super Cyclone Amphan has reached the top of the scale with winds equivalent to a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale with sustained winds of 270 kph (165 mph) making it the strongest storm on record in the Bay of Bengal
7. Sea surface temperatures are much warmer than normal in the Bay of Bengal right now however data are so sparse there and it's difficult for trends to be identified above all the noise.
8. Climate model shows that warmer oceans due to climate change likely result in stronger hurricanes and typhoons beside inconsistent and short data sets.
9. Increasing sea-surface temperatures are indeed increasing the intensity of the strongest storms however, there is an element of natural variability at play
10. Increase confidence in climate models shows that global warming is, and will continue in the future, to increase tropical cyclone intensity.
(Original Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/18/weather/climate-change-hurricane-tropical-cyclone/index.html )
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