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Weather forecasters can't manipulate hurricane warnings — here's why

  • Written by David Titley, Professor of Practice in Meteorology & Director Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for New American Security, Pennsylvania State University
imageDamage from Hurricane Matthew in North Charleston, South Carolina, October 2016.Ryan Johnson/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Many mini-dramas develop during major disasters like Hurricane Matthew, which has left a trail of devastation in the Caribbean and the southeastern United States. One such drama occurred outside of the storm zone: Conservative news blogger...

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