NASA Atmospheric Scientist Dan Cecil.
Credits: NASA/MSFC/Emmett Given
Why is it important to study hurricanes?
Hurricane Katrina caused upwards of 2,000 deaths and $100 billion in damages in 2005. It could have easily been much worse. A few historic hurricanes in India and Bangladesh have caused more than 100,000 deaths each. We will never eliminate all the deaths and damage from hurricanes. But the more we know about their structure, and the better we can forecast them, the more we can limit those impacts.
Dan addresses this and other questions at https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/about/star/star160120.html#three.
