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Ocean heat fueled Fiji's Cyclone Winston, meteorologists say
2016-02-26 17:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Climate experts said Monday that ocean temperatures played a key role in strengthening Cyclone Winston, which slammed into Fiji on Saturday night with 200-mph winds, killing at least 29 people and flattening villages. The warmer the sea-surface temperature, the stronger a tropical cyclone can get, Bob Henson, a meteorologist and climate blogger at Weather Underground, told Al Jazeera in an email. Sea-surface temperatures have been especially warm this year across much of the tropical Pacific,...
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