Is climate change causing more powerful storms? What is the observation?

Roy Spencer, hurricane stength in decline though damage is up link

Hurricane frequency is not increasing link

Thru 2018 link

Overall no increase extreme weather link

US hurricanes down over 60% in the past 50 years link

Longest hurricane drought US history link

No trend in cyclone accumulated energy link

Global weather related disaster losses as a percentage of GDP is in decline link

The USA went over ten years without a major hurricane land strike, the longest period in history link

US landfall hurricanes in decline over the past century link

declining number and intensity of US hurricanes 1900-2017 charts link

US major landfall hurricanes down 50% since 1930s link

Tornadoes less common in USA link

Tornadoes on line to be fewest in history 2018 link

Japanese study, hurricane intensity closely tied to natural ocean cycles link

fewer typhoons formed 1950-2017 (JMA) link

US hurricanes in decline over the last century link

No connection cyclones and global temperatures link

2018 storm losses at record low through mid year link

fatalities decline 80% in a half century link

Florida

no increase in the number or intensity of Florida hurricanes, Gulf 9th warmest, 7 were before 1970 link

Chart, declining number of c3+ hurricanes in USA link

Hurricane frequency in decline, chart link

Hurricane/typhoon energy, no trend link

"Here is the prevailing consensus opinion of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA GFDL): “In the Atlantic, it is premature to conclude that human activities–and particularly greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming–have already had a detectable impact on hurricane activity"