Study Finds 'Pre-Existing Condition' Fueled Killer Cyclone
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 17:44
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- A "pre-existing condition" in the North Indian Ocean stoked the sudden intensification of last year's Tropical Cyclone Nargis just before its devastating landfall in Burma, according to a new NASA/university study. The cyclone became Burma's worst natural disaster ever and one of the deadliest cyclones of all time.
