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<DIV jQuery1386462212895="4"><CITE><ABBR class=slug-jnl-abbrev
title=Science>Science</ABBR><SPAN class=slug-pub-date itemprop="datePublished">
29 November 2013: </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=slug-vol>Vol. 342 </SPAN><SPAN
class=slug-issue>no. 6162 </SPAN><SPAN class=slug-pages>p. 1027 </SPAN><BR>DOI:
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title=10.1126/science.342.6162.1027>10.1126/science.342.6162.1027
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<DIV jQuery1386462212895="4"><CITE><SPAN class=slug-doi
title=10.1126/science.342.6162.1027><A
href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6162/1027.short">http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6162/1027.short</A></SPAN></CITE></DIV>
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<DIV jQuery1386462212895="4"><CITE><SPAN class=slug-doi
title=10.1126/science.342.6162.1027></SPAN></CITE><FONT size=5><STRONG>Clues to
Supertyphoon's Ferocity Found in the Western Pacific</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV id=contrib-1 class=last><SPAN class=name><A class=name-search
href="http://www.sciencemag.org/search?author1=Dennis+Normile&sortspec=date&submit=Submit">Dennis
Normile</A></SPAN></DIV>
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<H2>Summary</H2>
<P id=p-2>Data collected by satellites and floating probes have chronicled a
2-decade rise in the temperature and thickness of a layer of warm subsurface
ocean water east of the Philippines. These warmer subsurface waters along
supertyphoon Haiyan's track fueled its fury. Meanwhile, strong easterly trade
winds have pushed warmer water to the western North Pacific, raising sea level
in the region. This phenomenon amplified Haiyan's storm surge and accounts for
the largest share of the typhoon's death toll.
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