Two deadly storms — Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut — roared ashore on the same day, half a world apart, but the way they spread devastation was as different as water and wind. The water in the western Pacific is warmer, and warm water fuels storms. "Mangkhut and Florence are certainly different animals," said Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach. As the world warms from the burning of fossil fuels, the globe will see both more extremely intense storms like Mangkhut and wetter storms like Florence, Vecchi said. ___For the latest on Hurricane Florence, visit https://www.apnews.com/tag/Hurricanes .

Source: Fox News September 15, 2018 20:19 UTC