Posted: 07/09/2013 12:05 pm  EDT  |  Updated: 07/09/2013 5:22 pm EDT 

From Climate Central's Andrew   Freedman:

 Hurricanes are Mother Nature’s largest and most destructive storms. Fed by warm ocean waters and moist atmospheric conditions, about 90 such  storms — also known as tropical cyclones — form worldwide each year. With the  population of coastal areas growing daily and sea level on the rise, how these  monster storms may change as the climate continues to warm is an  increasingly  urgent question facing climate scientists, insurance companies, and public  officials.

 A new study by Kerry Emanuel, a prominent hurricane researcher  at MIT, found that contrary to previous findings, tropical cyclones are likely  to become both stronger and more frequent in the years to come, especially in  the western North Pacific, where storms can devastate the heavily populated  coastlines of Asian nations. Emanuel's research showed the same holds
true for  the North Atlantic, where about 12 percent of the world's tropical cyclones spin  each year.

By Tom Haydon and Eugene Paik/Star-Ledger Staff

Thousands of homes and businesses in New Jersey are without power as heavy rain continues to fall over parts of the state this morning.

Karen Johnson, a spokeswoman for Public Service Electric & Gas, said restorations are underway for the 8,700 customers without power in its service territory.  Essex and Passaic counties have about 3,000 out, primarily in the West Orange area, she said. Bergen has about 1,400 outages around Maywood, and there are about 4,300 out in the Bridgewater area.  Jersey Central Power & Light "is assessing the damage and responding," particularly in Union County, where outages were most severe, utility spokesman Ron Morano said.

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