Climate change boosted hurricane wind strength by 29 kph since 2019, study says

FILE - Debris from homes destroyed by Hurricane Milton lies strewn around still-standing houses on Manasota Key, Florida, Oct. 12, 2024. FILE - A resident of Bay City Texas, right, talks with a city worker as she stands in front of her neighbor's home after Beryl passed through on July 8, 2024.

Human-caused climate change made Atlantic hurricanes about 29 kilometers per hour (18 miles per hour) stronger in the last six years, a new scientific study found Wednesday.