Meteorologist Holthaus on Hurricane Florence: Trump ‘Actively Making the Problem Worse’

HAYES James maybe just ░░░░░░░░ what a storm surge ░░░░░░░░ and why it can ░░░░░░░░ so destructive HOLTHAUS Sure ░░░░░░░░ Chris What we re ░░░░░░░░ here I mean Florence ░░░░░░░░ a huge hurricane I ░░░░░░░░ this is one of ░░░░░░░░ largest hurricanes that we ░░░░░░░░ ever seen in the ░░░░░░░░ And you can t ░░░░░░░░ talk about this without ░░░░░░░░ about climate change We ░░░░░░░░ some evidence that was ░░░░░░░░ this week that the ░░░░░░░░ is actually a little ░░░░░░░░ bigger and the rain ░░░░░░░░ going to be more ░░░░░░░░ because of warmer water ░░░░░░░░ we ve also had ░░░░░░░░ a foot of sea ░░░░░░░░ rise over the last ░░░░░░░░ years or so in ░░░░░░░░ Carolina So all of ░░░░░░░░ are working to make ░░░░░░░░ impacts of this hurricane ░░░░░░░░ So we re going ░░░░░░░░ have all that wind ░░░░░░░░ the water along the ░░░░░░░░ And the rise of ░░░░░░░░ level of the ocean ░░░░░░░░ of all that wind ░░░░░░░░ going to create the ░░░░░░░░ know a tremendous amount ░░░░░░░░ flooding unlike we ve ░░░░░░░░ seen on the East ░░░░░░░░ HAYES There s two ░░░░░░░░ There s the storm ░░░░░░░░ and also the rain ░░░░░░░░ of the things that ░░░░░░░░ with Harvey which we ░░░░░░░░ is that the slower ░░░░░░░░ the storm is the ░░░░░░░░ it can be because ░░░░░░░░ just stops and drops ░░░░░░░░ lot of rain Is ░░░░░░░░ right HOLTHAUS Yeah exactly ░░░░░░░░ we re seeing that ░░░░░░░░ little bit too in ░░░░░░░░ last few decades that ░░░░░░░░ are moving a little ░░░░░░░░ more slowly as they ░░░░░░░░ making landfall as weather ░░░░░░░░ change in response to ░░░░░░░░ change So there s ░░░░░░░░ lot going on here ░░░░░░░░ And it s really ░░░░░░░░ s gotten to the ░░░░░░░░ where you know we ░░░░░░░░ a president that is ░░░░░░░░ the impacts of you ░░░░░░░░ this hurricane season last ░░░░░░░░ and this year and ░░░░░░░░ making the problem worse ░░░░░░░░ you know not addressing ░░░░░░░░ root cause of worsening ░░░░░░░░