Just a reminder that yes indeed, climate change IS making what used to be entirely natural disasters worse; and anyone who says otherwise either doesn't know what they are talking about or is deliberately misrepresenting the science.
In some cases, like hurricanes, they aren't getting more frequent: but they are getting bigger, stronger, slower, intensifying faster, and with a lot more rainfall than they would have had otherwise.
In other cases, like wildfire, the number of fires could be going up OR down, depending on the geographic region and the cause (human ignition, lightning, etc.). But when they happen, they are burning more area thanks to hotter, drier conditions.
But for extreme heat and heavy precipitation, those are getting more frequent and more extreme - with a longer heatwave season, too - as human-caused climate change loads the weather dice against us.
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