On climate change, Walz attacked Trump for calling it a “hoax” in the past and for suggesting that rising ocean levels will provide more beachfront property.

The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign.

It may be weeks, months or even years before we fully understand the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Helene. While still over water, Helene first flattened many shoreside communities along the Gulf Coast of Florida before it ripped ashore in North Florida and rampaged through five more states,

Scientists have suggested that climate change may have played a more than significant role in turning Hurricane Helene into the destructive force it became.