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Hurricane Florence: Tremendously Big and Tremendously Wet

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Channel: The YEARS Project · 2018 · News & Politics

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President Donald Trump is warning that Hurricane Florence will be "tremendously big and tremendously wet." He's not exaggerating, but he's not telling the whole story, because he's not talking about climate change. 

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: JOEL BACH and DREW MAGRATTEN
WRITER: MATT ROSENBAUM
SCRIPT EDITORS: JOEL BACH, JOSH FUTTERSAK, and DREW MAGRATTEN 
VIDEO EDITOR: ETHAN DAVID


SOURCES:
[i] NHC.NOAA.GOV. Hurricane Florence Public Advisory.  https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/141224.shtml

[ia] Forbes.com. The Meteorological Strangeness Of Hurricane Florence. Sept 13 2018. https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2018/09/12/the-meteorological-strangeness-of-hurricane-florence/#2f431e03782c

[ib] QZ.com. Hurricane Florence, seen from space. Sept 11 2018.  https://qz.com/1386234/hurricane-florence-space-photos-show-the-storms-size/

[ii] Twitter.com. MetOfficeStorms, Status Update. September 12 2018. https://twitter.com/metofficestorms/status/1039977088768458752

[iia] Twitter.com. Philip Klotzbach, Status Update. September 12 2018. https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/1039930604949622784

[iii] AXIOS.com. The ties between Hurricane Florence and climate change. Sept 12 2018. https://www.axios.com/hurricane-florence-climate-change-ties-579b80d1-c2b9-4351-9391-d06b596d4880.html

[iiia] Weather.com. Florence May Be the Strongest U.S. Landfall on Record So Far North. Sept 10 2018. https://weather.com/safety/hurricane/news/2018-09-11-hurricane-florence-landfall-category-4

[iv] Ibid.

[v] StonyBrook.edu. The human influence on Hurricane Florence. Sept 11 2018. https://you.stonybrook.edu/kareed/2018/09/12/estimating-the-potential-impact-of-climate-change-on-hurricane-florence/

[vi] Ibid. 

[via] ClimateCentral.org.  Warmer Air Means More Evaporation and Precipitation. Sept 6 2017. http://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/warmer-air-means-more-evaporation-and-precipitation

[vii] StonyBrook.edu. The human influence on Hurricane Florence. Sept 11 2018. https://you.stonybrook.edu/kareed/2018/09/12/estimating-the-potential-impact-of-climate-change-on-hurricane-florence/

[viii] USAToday.com. Hurricane Florence weakened but far from weak: What to know about storm's power. Sept 13 2018. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/09/13/hurricane-florence-weakened-doesnt-mean-weak/1287658002/

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