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You're listening to shortwave from NPR.

Hey shortwaivers, Emily Kwong here.

We are in the middle of hurricane season.

And Hurricane Francine has hit Louisiana.

Last week, it dumped rain all across the south.

And forecasters are expecting even more hurricanes

and tropical storms in the next few weeks. So we have brought in Rebecca

from NPR's climate desk to talk about it. Hey Rebecca. Hey!

Hey! Okay so what

scientifically speaking is happening this hurricane season? Well you know these

kinds of storms they form over the ocean so a big part of what's happening is

the super warm water in the Atlantic and the Caribbean is affecting them.

Like last week when Francine was headed toward Louisiana, it was moving over water that was in the

upper 80s. Oh that's bummy, a warm bath. Yeah kind of gross like warmer than I like my

swimming pools. Yeah but is this unusual for this part of the Caribbean?

Yeah it's like two or three degrees Fahrenheit warmer than usual, which is like one or two

degrees Celsius.

It might not sound like a lot, but a few extra degrees can help storms get really powerful because you know heat is energy and

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