"The short version is, climate change makes these very bad storms worse," said Sean Sublette, a meteorologist with Climate Central , a nonprofit group that studies climate change. And in the case of a really bad storm, climate change can make it totally disastrous or catastrophic." "If this isn't climate change," Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado said as Irma bore down on Florida, "I don't know what is." 'The public wants answers'Hayhoe and other climate scientists say it's important to emphasize their belief that climate change didn't cause Harvey and Irma. "Are Irma and Harvey affected by climate change?

Source: CNN September 15, 2017 17:03 UTC