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Why Are Hurricanes Getting Stronger?

07/26/2018 | 3m 19s

It’s impossible to say that climate change is responsible for any individual storm or hurricane, but climate change is making these storms stronger. How much stronger? It turns out, Hurricane Harvey is the ideal test case to measure how a warming planet and warming oceans, amplify our worst storms.

Aired: 07/26/18 | Rating: NR

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