Florida braces for Hurricane Milton as communities recover from Helene and 2022’s Ian
apSEP 2024
Meteorologists have been warning about a storm like Milton for decades, but even after it's arrived, the spread of anti-science misinformation is growing faster on social media. This includes people relying on lived experiences to downplay the hurricane's threat, and others claiming the government is controlling the weather. What the real science shows is simple: burning fossil fuels leads to global warming, and global warming is causing record-breaking storms.
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