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Last year was the sixth-straight year named tropical storms have formed in May, before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season on June 1. And that has caused the National Hurricane Center to start releasing its tropical weather outlook 

“We should all be prepared earlier. I think that’s the main thing,” said 

, the Marie Tharp Lamont research professor at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. “I don’t think we can yet make any clear connections with these earlier storms and climate change.”

But more severe flooding caused by storms and sea level rise, as well as more intense storms are linked to climate change, she said.

Camargo joined MPR News chief meteorologist and Climate Cast host Paul Huttner this week. Click play on the audio player above or subscribe to the Climate Cast podcast to hear the conversation.

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