Just a couple of weeks later Florida was hammered by another hurricane, Milton, which compounded the death toll and devastation. The intensity and violence of these hurricanes have served to fuel the debate around the consequences of climate change, and whether Florida – and the rest of the world – will have to get a lot more used to such deadly disasters.

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