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"Puerto Ricans Could Be Newest U.S. 'Climate Refugees'"

"Hurricane Maria's destruction on Puerto Rico could spawn one of the largest mass migration events in the United States' recent history, experts say, as tens of thousands of storm victims flee the island territory to rebuild their lives on the U.S. mainland."

Source: ClimateWire, 09/29/2017

Majority Of Americans Say Climate Change Makes Hurricanes More Intense

"A majority of Americans say that global climate change contributed to the severity of recent hurricanes in Florida and Texas, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. That marks a significant shift of opinion from a dozen years ago, when a majority of the public dismissed the role of global warming and said such severe weather events just happen from time to time."

Source: Washington Post, 09/29/2017

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