I have been all over the world hunting hurricanes.
我在世界各地追寻飓风。
The risk is that global warming will make hurricanes more common.
这种风险是全球变暖将会导致飓风频频发生。
In 2008, Cuba was hit by five successive hurricanes, but only seven people were killed.
2008年，古巴连续遭受了五次飓风袭击，但只有七人死亡。
At the same time, extreme weather events like Category 5 hurricanes are becoming more frequent.
与此同时，5级飓风等极端气象事件出现得越来越频繁。
Just turn on the news and you can hear about hurricanes, earthquakes, and more happenings in our world every day.
只要打开新闻，你每天都可以听到关于飓风、地震的新闻，还有世上发生的其他事情。
Massive floods, long droughts, hurricanes and severe monsoons take their toll each year, destroying millions of tons of valuable crops.
大规模的洪水、长期的干旱、飓风和严重的季风每年都会造成损失，摧毁数百万吨有价值的农作物。
One of the most powerful of all weather systems, hurricanes are powered by the heat energy released by the condensation of water vapour.
作为所有天气系统中最强大的系统之一，飓风是由水蒸气凝结释放的热能所驱动的。
In 2018 alone, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, mudslides, and other natural disasters cost at least $49 billion in the United States.
仅2018年这一年，山火、火山爆发、飓风、泥石流和其他自然灾害就给美国造成了至少490亿美元的损失。
The ancient Maya were presumably more experienced and did better, but nevertheless they too must have faced risks of crop failures from droughts and hurricanes.
古代玛雅人也许经验更丰富，做得更好，但他们也一定会面临干旱和飓风引起谷物歉收的风险。
A few bad hurricanes may change that indifference.
也许几场严重的飓风会一改那种漠视的态度。
NOAA sees 8-14 hurricanes, most since record 15 in 2005.
美国国家气象局预计今年有8 - 14个飓风，是2005年创纪录的15个飓风以来的最多一年。
Natural threats - hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, etc.
自然威胁——台风、洪水和地震等。
But new issues kept intruding, like hurricanes and epidemics.
但是新的问题层出不穷，比如龙卷风和流行疾病。
Will hurricanes grow more or less intense as the seas grow warmer?
当海洋变得更暖时，飓风的强度会增加还减小？
We often ask the question: how will climate change affect hurricanes?
我们经常问这个问题：气候变化是如何对飓风产生影响的？
According to a new paper in Nature, one possible factor is hurricanes.
发表在《自然》杂志上的一篇最新论文给出了一个可能的答案：飓风。
The World Meteorological Organization started naming hurricanes in 1953.
世界气象组织从1953年开始命名飓风。
Multiple hurricanes formed around Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa.
很多飓风形成于位于非洲西海岸的佛得角附近。
A hotly debated topic is whether hurricanes are getting worse-and if so, why.
人们激烈辩论的话题是，飓风是否愈演愈烈，果真如此的话，原因何在。
To the insurance industry, wildfires thus bear some resemblance to hurricanes.
对于保险业来说，野火某种程度上和飓风类似。
Believe it or not, they thrive where there are hurricanes and high waves.
不管你信不信，在风大浪高的地方它们反而长得最好。
New research suggests global warming (search) may be making hurricanes more ferocious.
研究显示全球变暖趋势增加飓风强度。
We do not design separately for earthquakes and hurricanes - we always design for both.
我们不是针对地震或飓风分别设计，而是既针对地震又针对飓风进行设计。
The drone can stay aloft for 30 hours, plenty of time to collect data as hurricanes evolve.
无人机可以在空中停留30个小时之久，当飓风逐渐形成时，它可以长时间的收集数据。
What all this tells us is that hurricanes are much more than just violent, damaging storms.
所有的这些都告诉我们飓风不仅仅是狂暴的、破坏性的风暴。
The only state in the sunbelt to lose a seat is Louisiana, which has suffered two hurricanes.
阳光地带（即南部地区）只有一个州会丢失席位，那就是路易斯安那州，它遭遇了两次飓风袭击。
The results were clear - a 15 percent drop in the number of hurricanes that formed each year.
结果很明显，每年飓风数量降低了15%。
The 2005 hurricanes caused an unprecedented disaster for the city and surrounding communities.
2005年的飓风给这座城市及周边地区造成了前所未有的灾难。
HIGH PROPERTY COSTS and a series of hurricanes have helped cause a 4 percent population decline.
高额的财产保险成本和一系列的飓风使当地人口锐减4%。
But one question that doesn't get asked nearly often enough is: how do hurricanes affect climate?
但是有一个问题几乎不被频繁的问起：飓风如何对气候造成影响？
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