# ‘Weather jiu-jitsu’ could help lessen damage from extreme weather like hurricanes > Source: > Published: 2026-06-25 19:14:46+00:00 # ‘Weather jiu-jitsu’ could help lessen damage from extreme weather like hurricanes - Researchers are exploring a concept called " [weather](/topic/weather)jiu-jitsu" to potentially mitigate the impact of extreme weather events by subtly altering their trajectories away from populated areas. - Proof-of-concept simulations using [AI](/topic/ai)and atmospheric models suggest that carefully timed, small-scale atmospheric interventions, such as[cloud seeding](/topic/cloud-seeding), could significantly change weather patterns. - One simulation indicated that the 2012 Hurricane Sandy's path could have been shifted by approximately 300 miles to bypass New York City with such interventions. - Another simulation demonstrated that a similar weather operation might have raised the lowest temperature during the 2021 Texas freeze from -19C to about -7C, reducing its severity. - While promising, the implementation of "weather jiu-jitsu" faces challenges, including the need for advanced weather monitoring, a deeper theoretical understanding, and addressing complex social and political implications like transboundary liability and equitable risk distribution.