Hurricane Florence raises questions about link between climate change and severe storms.

This article discusses the link between Hurricane Florence, climate change, and severe storms. Storm expert David Nolan explains what we know and what we’re still trying to figure out.

Hurricane Florence is expected to hit the Southeast this week, though meteorologists have trouble saying precisely where along the coast it or any other hurricane will hit — and when.

Yet despite such uncertainty, there’s little doubt that hurricane prediction and tracking have gotten better in recent years — in part because of the availability of new satellites and the use of drones that can fly into severe weather in ways that are impossible with crewed aircraft.

Just where are we with hurricane science? What have we learned, and what questions remain to be answered? And what about the role of climate change in the formation and propagation of severe storms?

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