There is so much inaccurate information swirling around questions like "Is climate warming causing more frequent or stronger hurricanes?" USA.govThe study that originally caught my eye was a new study published in Nature. Another paper published by Kossin recently found a 17% slowdown of hurricane translation speed over the conterminous US since 1900. Typically, vertical wind shear serves to mitigate hurricane development as the storms move out the tropics and toward the U.S. East Coast (graphic below). Weaker wind shear, coupled with warmer SSTs, would be favorable to intensification if a hurricane moves into the region.

Source: Forbes June 07, 2019 17:59 UTC