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We face 10 years of Katrina-sized hurricanes, warns climate expert

Warming in the north Atlantic may lead to 10 years of large-scale hurricanes, Dr Julian Salt, direct...

Warming in the north Atlantic may lead to 10 years of large-scale hurricanes, Dr Julian Salt, director of the Climate Studies Consultancy, has warned. This is likely to have a significant impact on risk modelling and future insurance premiums after last year's events.

Salt, in a talk at the Insurance Institute of London on 6 February, said: "We are already at the start of a 10-year hurricane cycle which could very well see a Katrina-sized event each year. If the Gulfstream was to shift, it could

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