A satellite illustration from NOAA shows Tropical Depression Sixteen (L) off the coast of Florida along with Tropical Storm Nate (C) and Hurricane Maria (R) on Sept. 6, 2005. NOAA via Getty Images
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Rapidly intensifying hurricanes are some of the most frightening and destructive types of extreme weather. Predicting them has been notoriously difficult for forecasters who have been unable to fully understand why some tropical storms or tropical depressions that seem commonplace can suddenly turn into major hurricanes with devastating winds and deadly storm surges.
Now, researchers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are beginning to unravel the…
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