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How climate change is strengthening hurricanes, and what communities can do
Researchers are racing to pin down the forces driving supercharged hurricanes and what the future holds.
Climate science and solutions
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Thomas Chaves, left, and Vinny Almeida walk through floodwaters from Hurricane Helene in an attempt to reach Chaves’s mother’s house in the Shore Acres neighborhood of St. Petersburg, Florida, Sept. 27, 2024.
Mike Carlson/AP/File photo
Mike Carlson/AP/File photo
Fierce winds, driving rain, severe thunderstorms: Hurricanes have always been cataclysmic weather events. But climate change appears to be supercharging them.
Researchers are racing to pin down the forces driving these changes, and what the future holds. Science reporter Ari Daniel has the story.
Listen to the story by clicking the audio player above.