'Gray Swan' Hurricanes Could Strike Unexpected Places

"Gray swan" hurricanes — storms with impacts more extreme than history alone would predict — could ravage cities in Florida, Australia and the Persian Gulf, researchers say. By the end of the century, climate change could dramatically increase the chance of damage from these unexpected storms, scientists added. Rare, unpredictable events with major impacts have been called "black swans." In contrast, what Ning Lin, a climate scientist at Princeton University, and her colleagues dub "