Hurricane Florence is expected to create significant storm surge in North Carolina, in part because human-caused climate change has raised sea levels in the region by several inches since 1954, the last time a Category 4 storm hit the state. [For the latest updates, read our Hurricane Florence live briefing here.] Hurricane winds push water the way a snowplow pushes and piles up snow, said Arthur DeGaetano, the director of the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University. The speed of the storm surge can catch people off guard, said Julie Demuth, a research scientist who works with Dr. Morss . Here’s what scientists want to changeDr. Morss and Dr. Demuth, the scientists who work at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, are part of a growing social research effort to understand how people respond to weather messages.

Source: New York Times September 11, 2018 21:59 UTC