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The Climate Question: How to hurricane-proof our world

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06/12/2020 GMT

How to hurricane-proof our world

BBC World Service - The Climate Question, How to hurricane-proof our world

What, if any, is the link between hurricanes and climate change?

The Atlantic hurricane season has devastated parts of the Caribbean and Central America. What, if any, is the link to climate change? And how can we prepare for future storms?

The record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season has devastated parts of the Caribbean and Central America. We’ll hear what it has meant to one neighbourhood in Nicaragua. In a speech this week, the UN Secretary General said that “apocalyptic fires and floods, cyclones and hurricanes are increasingly the new normal.” What, if any, is the link between hurricanes and climate change, and should we be preparing for even stronger storms?

Presenters: Neal Razzell, Graihagh Jackson, Alfonso Flores Bermudes
Researcher: Zoe Gelber
Studio manager: Tom Brignell
Producer: Anna Meisel
Editor: Ravin Sampat

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