New report warns of stronger cyclones

Updated September 4, 2008 20:32:05

As Australia debates how to handle climate change, new research from the U-S warns there's no time to lose. In the wake of Hurricane Gustav and earlier this year, Cyclone Nargis in Burma, American scientists say global warming will only boost the power of the strongest tropical cyclones.

Presenter: Sonia Randhawa
Speakers: James Elsner, professor of geography at Florida State University; Koji Suzuki, executive director of the Asian Disaster Reduction Centre.