Research model finds that severe hurricane rainfall (which causes damages and deaths) that used to occur only once every 100 years will now happen every 25. In addition, the probability of smaller storms has doubled.

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1. Most deaths caused by hurricanes are a result of the massive volumes of water they drop on coastal areas. Deep Sky Research analyzed millions of public data points to build a Hurricane Rainfall Model based on the past four decades of climate data to examine these trends, which found that the frequency and severity of extreme hurricane rainfall is climbing.

   “Deep Sky Research uses a risk assessment approach for predicting the impact of climate change,” said Max Dugan-Knight, Deep Sky Climate Data Scientist. “Just like those used by the insurance industry, a risk-first approach helps us quantify disasters before they happen. In the case of hurricanes, an increase in frequency and severity is being driven by record-breaking sea surface temperatures.”