Texas Wants to Know

How will our record-breaking summer heat affect hurricane season?


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Tropical Storm Harold made landfall on the Texas coast this week, becoming the eighth named storm in the Atlantic this year. As hurricane season arrives, Texas A&M professor of atmospheric sciences Robert Korty and KRLD Chief Meteorologist Dan Brounoff explain what warmer waters, brought on by record-setting summer heat, could mean for the strength and duration of hurricane season. Then, E&E News climate reporter Chelsea Harvey discusses trends leading to even the weakest tropical storms getting stronger.

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