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Heftier hurricanes, simmering summers, and wilder wildfires

In a climate change twist, the U.S. weather agency finds less air pollution can cause more hurricanes.

Thunderheads spawned by a tropical storm over western Florida sweep across St. Simons Sound in south Georgia
Thunderheads spawned by a tropical storm over western Florida sweep across St. Simons Sound in south Georgia (AN/R. Powers)

WASHINGTON (AN) — Now here's a climate change twist: America's weather agency — forecasting a seventh straight abnormally busy Atlantic hurricane season — finds less air pollution can bring more hurricanes.

Above-average hurricane activity is expected this year, which would make it the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season, according to forecasters on Tuesday at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service.

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