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Major Hurricane Polo Tracks Off Mexican Coast

Is this a climate-fueled concern or is this just more climate alarmism?

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Major Hurricane Polo Tracks Off Mexican Coast

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Above: Hurricane Polo has intensified into a Category 5 storm near Mexico's Pacific coast. Image credit: Mehmet Yaren Bozgun/Anadolu/Getty Images

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Climate-concerned narrative

Polo's Category 4 downgrade is no license for complacency. A historic storm can stay offshore and still unleash deadly floods, mudslides and surf across southwestern Mexico. The dangers of a climate-catalyzed El Niño continue to propagate.

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Climate-skeptic narrative

Polo is just another storm that is receiving viral attention in the climate change community. Preparedness should target the real threats without wallowing in tiresome climate alarmism about "climate-fueled Super El Niños" and other tropes.

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