Fires, droughts and hurricanes: What's the link between climate change and natural disasters?
One of the most destructive fire seasons in California history keeps getting worse, with three wildfires driven by Santa Ana winds burning brush and homes in the Southland. At the other extreme, four hurricanes — Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate — have made landfall in the U.S. this year, the first time in more than a decade that so many have done so.
Extreme events have been hitting the the country from all sides. To what extent does climate change influence them?
