New Book Presents Essential Expertise on Hurricanes and Their Global Impacts

As climate change fuels increasingly destructive hurricanes and typhoons worldwide, a new book provides essential knowledge and tools for understanding, forecasting, mitigating and responding to these devastating storms across the globe.

Edited by world-leading scientists who study hydrology and climate at Princeton University and featuring contributions from experts in multiple sectors, Tropical Cyclones and Associated Impacts: A Global Perspective (Elsevier) offers accessible, in-depth and up-to-date learnings on tropical cyclones, which include the storms known as hurricanes and typhoons, as well as their associated impacts from Central America, the Caribbean and the southeast United States to Australia and southeast Asia, including swaths of China, India, Bangladesh, the Philippines and beyond.

Edited by Dr. Gabriele Villarini of Princeton, co-edited by Dr. Gabriel Vecchi of Princeton and by Enrico Scoccimarro of the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, and featuring contributions from leaders across climate science, disaster response and the energy industry, the book provides a broad, comprehensive examination of tropical cyclones, including their history, evolution, impacts, and increasing strength due to climate change, which is expected to bring storms of ever-greater intensity over the coming decades.

As communities worldwide reel from catastrophic storms like Hurricanes Helene and Milton and Typhoons Haiyan and Man-yi, hazards include storm surge, heavy rainfall, high winds and inland flooding, and their combined effects. These bring loss of human life, public health calamity, destruction to offshore drilling and refineries, energy failures, and more.

“This book provides a comprehensive resource on tropical cyclones and their societal impacts,” wrote Brian Soden, Professor of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science at the University of Miami. “Spanning an impressive array of topics—from paleoclimatological insights, to economic, energy and health impacts, to future climate projections—it leverages the breadth of expertise contributed by leading scholars to capture the multifaceted nature of this subject. Each chapter offers an in-depth analysis of specific aspects of tropical cyclones, providing an invaluable reference for professionals, researchers, and policymakers alike. Its forward-looking discussions on climate change and risk management underscore the importance of both understanding and addressing the challenges that current and future generations will face.”

“Edited by some of the most reputable scientists in the field, this book presents a state of current science on tropical cyclone dynamics, peril-specific risks, vulnerability and mitigation is presented,” wrote Dr. Angelika Werner, FM Global’s Research Director of Climate Risk & Resilience. “[The book is] a must-read for everyone working closely with tropical cyclones, whether in science, the public or private sector.”

With particular relevance for decision makers and practitioners in policy, energy, the insurance industry, government agencies, risk management, disaster preparedness and academia, this book also offers contextualized knowledge to anyone looking for the latest expertise on this evolving topic, which will be of even greater importance in coming years as these storms continue to intensify.

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