Climate Changed
Hurricane Irma Made Worse by Climate Change, Scientists Say
Florida Prepares as Hurricane Irma Looms Over Caribbean
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Climate change didn’t cause Hurricane Irma, the most powerful storm to form in the open Atlantic Ocean, but did make it much stronger, scientists in Germany and the U.K. said.
Irma made landfall in the Caribbean early Wednesday and barreled toward Puerto Rico on a path that may bring it ashore in Florida and destroy so much property that damages surpass Hurricane Katrina.