How climate change is making storms such as Hurricane Ian stronger

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In this image made from a NASA livestream, Hurricane Ian is seen from the International Space Station on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa on Wednesday as a catastrophic Category 4 storm.

Hurricane Ian and Typhoon Noru strengthened quickly before landfall. NPR’s Rachel Martin talks to Princeton University professor Gabriel Vecchi about climate-fueled intensification.

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