Climate Change Is Already Making Hurricanes Wetter, Study Confirms

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By Olivia RosaneNov 15, 2018, 7:44 am123 ptsTrending
New research published in Nature Wednesday has confirmed that some of the most destructive hurricanes to pummel the U.S. in the past decade were made worse by climate change. Hurricane Katrina, which killed more than 1,800 people in Louisiana, Hurricane Irma, which devastated the Caribbean and southeastern U.S.…

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