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This year's hurricane season, which officially starts June 1, is being predicted by WeatherBELL as the "hurricane season from hell," with weather patterns similar to those of 2005, 2017, and 2020.
Along with it, says the firm's meteorologist and chief forecaster Joe Bastardi, will come the climate change blame game, which he calls a false narrative.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, killing an estimated 1,833 people and causing approximately $161 billion in damages. In 2017, Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, Irma hit the Caribbean, and Maria hit the Caribbean and Puerto Rico, resulting in at least 3,364 fatalities and a combined cost of over $294 billion in damages.
In 2020, six major hurricanes landed, resulting in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) dubbing 2020 the "most active season in recorded history."
Following each season, government officials, committees, and scientists were quick to blame climate change.
Comment: Update March 27
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