Climate change is causing straight line wind gusts to get more powerful and affect a much larger area of the U.S.
Powerful winds thrown out from thunderstorms are becoming more widespread and more destructive across the central U.S., scientists have found.The gusts, also known as straight line winds, have seen their geographic range extend by five times over the past 40 years, according to a paper in the journal Nature Climate Change.These winds are often short-lived, meaning that they are often not picked up by weather stations. Researchers at the U.S.
, with a single straight line wind storm causing an estimated $11 billion in damage in the Midwest in 2020.Winds are classified as 'damaging' once wind speeds exceed about 50 to 60 mph, according to the National Severe Storms Laboratory. Fifty percent of the extreme damage reports from damaging winds are caused by straight line winds, according to property rebuilding company Jenkins Restorations.
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