{"678147":{"#nid":"678147","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Two hurricanes in October damage Southeast, raise climate change concerns","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EHurricane Helene hit parts of inland North Carolina and caused flooding and damage in parts of Georgia, both areas not used to these sorts of conditions.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/bracco-dr-annalisa\u0022\u003EAnnalisa Bracco\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, said climate change is causing extreme weather conditions in places unfamiliar with these disasters.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cIn general, [the increase in natural disasters] is telling us that the climate is indeed changing and that climate models have been overall correct in predicting conditions that will exacerbate extreme events, and we are seeing the impacts of that,\u201d Bracco said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cTemperatures are getting higher and extremes are getting more common: more droughts, more heavy rains, more forest fires, more heat waves, increased storminess, also more strong cold spells in places not used to getting them as strong.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EHurricane Helene hit parts of inland North Carolina and caused flooding and damage in parts of Georgia, both areas not used to these sorts of conditions.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/bracco-dr-annalisa\u0022\u003EAnnalisa Bracco\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, said climate change is causing extreme weather conditions in places unfamiliar with these disasters.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cIn general, [the increase in natural disasters] is telling us that the climate is indeed changing and that climate models have been overall correct in predicting conditions that will exacerbate extreme events, and we are seeing the impacts of that,\u201d Bracco said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cTemperatures are getting higher and extremes are getting more common: more droughts, more heavy rains, more forest fires, more heat waves, increased storminess, also more strong cold spells in places not used to getting them as strong.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2024-11-04 20:51:31","changed_gmt":"2024-11-05 16:41:58","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The Southerner","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/thesoutherneronline.com\/96874\/news\/two-hurricanes-in-october-damage-southeast-raise-concerns\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-10-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-10-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"175593","name":"School  of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"105821","name":"extreme weather"},{"id":"192254","name":"cos-climate"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}