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    Hurricanes Are Moving More Slowly, Which Means More Damage

    Hurricanes are moving more slowly than they used to. That means storms are dumping more rain and doing more damage when they make landfall, as Hurricane Harvey did when it lingered over Houston.
    by Rebecca Hersher Jun 06, 2018 2 minutes
    After Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast in August 2017, the storm stalled over Houston and dumped as much as 60 inches of rain on some parts of the region.

    Hurricanes are moving more slowly over both land and water, and that's bad news for communities in their path.

    In the past 70 years, tropical cyclones around the world have slowed down 10 percent, and in some regions of the world, the change has been even more significant, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal.

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