Climate Change: Typhoons in coastal Asia and China could be twice as powerful by 2100, says Chinese University of Hong Kong study

The destructive power of typhoons in Asia could nearly double by the end of the century, according to a study by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.Their average wind speed at landfall could strengthen by 6 per cent, or 7.2 kilometres per hour, said a paper authored by researchers from the university and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Weather Research Centre for Monitoring Warning and Forecasting in Shenzhen.“The projection also suggests that an average typhoon by then will…