We now know just how much climate change supercharged Hurricane Katrina
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Two decades ago, Hurricane Katrina spun up like a massive atmospheric engine, using warm ocean water as fuel. Making landfall as a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph, it devastated New Orleans — surging seawater over levees, killing nearly 2,000 people, and causing more than $150 billion in damage. Even though […]