Waterlogged soils can give hurricanes new life after they arrive on land
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Waterlogged soils can give hurricanes new life after they arrive on land
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/water-soil-hurricane-land-brown-ocean-effect
New studies show that the long-hypothesized “brown ocean effect” is real, helping to refuel 2018’s Hurricane Florence and other storms after landfall.
Once a hurricane makes landfall, it’s usually the beginning of the end for the storm. But a tropical cyclone passing over warm, waterlogged ground can get a jolt of energy that refuels its fury, researchers reported in January at the American Meteorological Society’s meeting in Baltimore.