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Calling this "climate change" is not enough

Journalists and meteorologists must go further, and call rapid hurricane intensification a symptom of fossil fuels.

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Emily Atkin
Oct 26, 2023
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A Weather Channel broadcast shows not just the rapid intensification, but “explosive intensification” of Hurricane Otis, which made landfall Wednesday as a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of nearly 167 miles per hour and gusts of up to 205 miles per hour. Source: The Weather Channel

A monster Category 5 hurricane pummeled the southern Mexican s…

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