Weather attribution science uses real-world data and models to establish if and how climate change influences the intensity and likelihood of a specific event.

Executive Director of CO2 Coalition Gregory Wrightstone says climate change is not increasing the size or severity of hurricanes.

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.