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2023-09-05 19:43:58 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

This is false. There has been no significant trend in annual numbers of U.S. landfalling tropical storms, hurricanes, or major hurricanes. There has also been no strong evidence for a significant upward trend in any of these basin-wide storm count metrics. https://sciencecouncil.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1.1_SOS_Atlantic_Hurricanes_Climate.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24268-5 https://nypost.com/2023/09/04/desantis-pummels-critics-for-pinning-hurricane-idalia-on-climate-change/

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• This is false. There has been no significant trend in annual numbers of U.S. landfalling tropical storms, hurricanes, or major hurricanes. There has also been no strong evidence for a significant upward trend in any of these basin-wide storm count metrics. https://sciencecouncil.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1.1_SOS_Atlantic_Hurricanes_Climate.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24268-5 https://nypost.com/2023/09/04/desantis-pummels-critics-for-pinning-hurricane-idalia-on-climate-change/