Winds of Change Hurricanes have ravaged the Eastern USA, the Caribbean and Latin America for millennia. In the future, will changes to global climate spell even more powerful storms? If so, the desire to live ever closer to the beach puts more and more people on a collision course with a deadly force, and nobody knows when a major category 5 storm will strike next. With coral reefs and other natural coastal defenses irretrievably damaged, we may be facing ever-greater risk.