According to global specialty insurance and reinsurance group Chaucer, evidence from observational data and climate models shows that tropical cyclones, known as typhoons in the Pacific, are showing signs of being influenced by climate change, with a notable trend of their peak intensity shifting northward in the Northwest Pacific.
In a new report, Chaucer explains that the current trend being seen is for the area of maximum intensity of these typhoons to move roughly 0.5 degrees latitude north per decade, which equates to an approximately 56km northward shift.
Any northward movement of tropical cyclones (TCs) in this region, along with projected TC intensity increases could mean increased risk, both to human mortality and impact to the re/insurance industry, Chaucer warns.
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