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A combination of rising seas and slower storms also make for higher and more destructive storm surges. The storms also have a tendency to dawdle and meander. The children who died Saturday were in a van for a youth home for abused or neglected children.
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Researchers have found that climate change has produced storms that are more powerful and have heavier rain. Claudette regained tropical storm status Monday as it neared the coast of the Carolinas less than two days after 13 people died including eight children in a multi-vehicle crash due to the effects of the storm in Alabama.
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CBS News digital journalist Jessi Mitchell joins CBSN with the latest. It is being blamed for more than a dozen deaths, including 10 children, nine in one crash. Hurricanes have become increasingly dangerous and destructive with each passing season. are on high alert as deadly storm Claudette continues its destructive path. then weakened to a depression, and regained tropical-storm-force over land again during the early. It was the highest number of storms on record, surpassing the 28 from 2005, and included the second-highest number of hurricanes on record. Claudette is expected to produce heavy rainfall and flash flooding from North Florida and southeastern Georgia into the Carolinas through Monday morning. Claudette turns deadly as storm pummels southeast. The storm was blamed for the deaths of at least 12 people, including 10 children. Last year, there were 30 named storms, including six major hurricanes, forcing meteorologists to exhaust the alphabet for the second time and move to using Greek letters. Claudette Regains Tropical Storm Strength as It Reaches N. Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast that there would be 13 to 20 named storms this year, six to 10 of which would be hurricanes, and three to five major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher in the Atlantic. Multiple power outages have already impacted Escambia and Santa Rosa counties Saturday morning as the remnants of Tropical Storm Claudette impact the Gulf Coast. Claudette regained tropical storm status as it neared the coast of the Carolinas on Monday, less than two days after the system killed 13 people in Alabama.