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Climate change is driving wildfires, tropical storms

Climate change is driving wildfires, giving ‘rocket fuel’ to tropical storms

08/23/2020

PBS News Hour

Climate change is driving wildfires, tropical storms

Clip: 8/23/2020 | 4m 44sVideo has Closed Captions

Climate change is driving wildfires, giving ‘rocket fuel’ to tropical storms

As hundreds of wildfires in California continue to blaze and thousands of people evacuate, this year’s hurricane season is on track to become one of the busiest on record. Andrew Freedman, editor of Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss how climate change is aiding these natural disasters and what can be done about it.

08/23/2020

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