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來源:《極端天氣源手冊》

根據一份新報告的結果,陽光之州可能更恰當地被稱為風暴之州。《極端天氣源手冊》2001年版本週在美國氣象學會年會上釋出,再次將佛羅里達州列為因颶風、洪水和龍捲風造成的損失相關成本最高的州。事實上,佛羅里達州1999年的天氣災害總額達16億美元——佔美國總額的很大一部分,美國總額約為114億美元。

美國國家大氣研究中心(NCAR)的科學家們在這最新版本的《極端天氣源手冊》中增加了更多的歷史資料,以及關於冰雹、風暴、雷暴和冬季風暴的資訊。他們還增加了一個關於閃電的章節——閃電是最致命的極端天氣事件之一。總的來說,NCAR團隊負責人羅傑·皮爾克指出,“實際上沒有哪個地方是‘安全’的”, “每個地方都有一定程度的損害。”

Kate Wong is an award-winning science writer and senior editor at 大眾科學 focused on evolution, ecology, anthropology, archaeology, paleontology and animal behavior. She is fascinated by human origins, which she has covered for more than 25 years. Recently she has become obsessed with birds. Her reporting has taken her to caves in France and Croatia that Neandertals once called home, to the shores of Kenya's Lake Turkana in search of the oldest stone tools in the world, to Madagascar on an expedition to unearth ancient mammals and dinosaurs, to the icy waters of Antarctica, where humpback whales feast on krill, and on a "Big Day" race around the state of Connecticut to find as many bird species as possible in 24 hours. Kate is co-author, with Donald Johanson, of Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins. She holds a bachelor of science degree in biological anthropology and zoology from the University of Michigan. Follow Wong on X (formerly Twitter) @katewong

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