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 thrashed the Bahamas for three days, whipping structures with winds as strong as 120 mph and dumping nonstop rain on the low-lying islands. 

, a hurricane and climate expert with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said climate change is 

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Hurricane Dorian damage in the Bahamas

“If we look back over the continental United States, which is where our hurricane data is best, and we look all the way back to the year 1900 to the present, so about 120 years, we see a clear slowdown of 17 percent,” Kossin said. “That’s a long enough period to say that this does not appear to be natural variability.”

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Hurricane Dorian parked itself over the Bahamas for three days, causing massive flooding and wind damage. It turns out atmospheric conditions linked to climate change are causing more and more hurricanes to move slowly like Dorian.

Hurricane Dorian parked itself over the Bahamas for multiple days, causing massive flooding and wind damage. It turns out atmospheric conditions linked to climate change are causing more and more hurricanes to move slowly.

Hurricane Dorian's wrath is linked to climate change

Smashed buildings remain in the wake of Hurricane Dorian

Hurricane Dorian's wrath is linked to climate change

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