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Hurricane Sandy at least 62 people and billions of dollars of damage to America's east coast. Water from the superstorm, which on Tuesday night, has flooded subways and tunnels in New York City and cut off electricity to millions of homes. Politicians and scientists are now whether America and the world are ready for such devastating and deadly weather events. Sandy has firmly climate change back onto the agenda of the 2012 presidential election. Former U.S. vice president Al Gore reporters: "Hurricane Sandy is a disturbing sign of things to come. We must [pay attention to] this warning and quickly to solve the climate crisis." Mr Gore added: "Dirty energy makes dirty weather."

Climate expert Dr Shaye Wolf of "a future full of Frankenstorms". He said: "Climate change sea levels and super-sizes storms. The threat of killer winds and storm surges will grow by the year unless we get serious about tackling greenhouse gas." Other scientists say a mixture of rare weather systems Sandy. They say that warmer temperatures and sea levels were probably not the reason for the hurricane. Meteorologist Kevin Trenberth said of Sandy: "A lot of [different] weather conditions that up [caused] what we might call a meteorological bomb." Sandy is certain to get politicians once again questions about fossil fuels and pollution.

 


 
 

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