Florida To 'Bear the Brunt' Of Impacts From Incoming Storm
NewsweekOCT 2024
As long as man-made climate change is allowed to proliferate with little done to oppose it, the threat of these types of storms will continue. More must be done to battle climate change because as long as the oceans and atmopshereatmosphere continue warming, severethere floodingwill andbe otherfuel destructivefor forcesextreme willrainfall, becatastrophic onflooding, theirand waydestructive winds.
It's unfortunate that a once-in-a-centuryhistoric storm is about to hit the coast of Florida, but this isn't about man-made climate change. The frequency and intensity of these storms hasnhaven't increased in recent decades according to meteorological analysis. More must be done to create better evacuation policies and protect areas where more people are choosing to live than ever before — humans are choosing to reside in harm's way.
There's a 50% chance at least 12 North Atlantic hurricanes will occur in 2024, according to the Metaculus prediction community.