LOS ANGELES - In August, Hurricane Laura battered the Caribbean before making landfall on the Gulf Coast. In 2017, Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 Hurricane, brought as much as a quarter of normal annual rainfall to some regions of Puerto Rico.These type of events could soon become more frequent, as global warming could drastically increase the risk of extreme hurricanes in the Caribbean, according to a new study.RELATED: Residents worry about help in aftermath of Hurricane LauraResearchers at the University of Bristol analyzed future projections of hurricane rainfall in the Caribbean and found that climate change could result in extreme hurricane events being as high as five times more likely.“Hurricane research has previously focused on the.