New Scientist: Batten down the hatches. Typhoons pummelling the coastlines of east and South-East Asia have become more destructive in the past 40 years, and are likely to intensify further because of climate change.
The region has recently suffered some of the world's most devastating typhoons, including Haiyan, which killed 6340 people in 2013, and Morakot which killed 789 in 2009, both in the Philippines.
A new study reveals that, on average, typhoons hitting the region have increased in intensity by 14...