One of the dire warnings of the effects of anthropogenic climate change is the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events.
The recent spate of powerful hurricanes which it hit the U.S. and the Caribbean suggests that perhaps the frequency of hurricanes is increasing as predicted..
The Economist recently published data for hurricanes landing in the U.S. from 1850 onwards. These data suggested that the number of hurricanes is slowly decreasing while the number of category five hurricanes is slightly increasing. In this blog I will look at the same data with a little more rigorous analysis.
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