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

Climate Dr Shaye Wolf warned of "a future full of Frankenstorms". He said: "Climate change sea levels and super-sizes storms. The of killer winds and crushing storm surges will by the year unless we get serious about greenhouse gas." Other scientists say a mixture of rare weather systems caused 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 ." Sandy is to get politicians once again asking questions about fuels and pollution.

 


 
 

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