A signal of climate change: Hurricane Dorian stalls in Bahamas, causing total destruction

Hurricane Dorian is at a standstill as it pounds the Bahamas, raising concerns about climate change impact on more intense and slow moving storms.

Now, hurricanes are increasingly starting to stall when they make landfall, wreaking havoc on targeted areas. Exactly how the stalling storms are connected with global warming is still an area of debate among scientists.

"But scientists will have to analyze whether the particular weather patterns holding Dorian in place are consistent with dynamics driven by climate change." Hurricanes are steered and carried by large-scale wind flows. If those winds slow down or change directions, it impacts how fast hurricanes move and where they end up hitting land.

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