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Falmouth LEPC meteorologist warns of more intense, less predictable storms and urges preparedness
Summary
Resident meteorologist Frank O'Loughlin told the Town of Falmouth LEPC that recent storms showed rapid intensification and that La Niña and climate-driven moisture increases raise the risk of sudden heavy rainfall and episodic severe winter storms; he urged residents and agencies to prepare.
Frank O'Loughlin, a resident meteorologist, told the Town of Falmouth Local Emergency Planning Committee that while this past tropical season spared much of New England, recent storms elsewhere showed rapid intensification and heavy rainfall patterns that increase local risk and underscore the need to prepare.
O'Loughlin reviewed recent tropical activity, naming storms such as Milton and Helene, and said some systems deepened explosively in short periods. "It only takes us one single storm to make a season," he said, arguing that a single intense…
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