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Climate Change’s Influence on Hurricane Florence: a Wetter and Larger Storm?
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Climate change made Florence’s most intense rains over North Carolina more than 50% greater in magnitude than they would have been otherwise, an experimental study found.
Florence was also likely 8 – 9% greater in areal size due to climate change.
Research used a climate model that generated forecasts with and without climate change factored in.
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