Worsening cyclones prompt experts to explore new alert levels
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Researchers are looking at a new wind speed warning category for tropical cyclones, because they're getting stronger with global heating.
New Zealand's most damaging storms tend to start as tropical cyclones, so forecasters here are watching developments.
Climate correspondent Eloise Gibson reports.