It also was 80 km in diameter wider than it would have been without the effects of climate change. "When we run the model … that's our counter-factual world, without climate change," Reed said. (David J. Phillip/File/Associated Press)Still, climatologists say it's difficult to directly attribute a single weather event to climate change. Mann also wants people to understand that climate change isn't something only future generations have to worry about. "This is where we see most vividly the death and destruction already being caused by climate change," Mann said.

Source: CBC News September 15, 2018 07:52 UTC