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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Richard Luscombe in Miami

Climate deniers like DeSantis hurt most vulnerable communities, scientists say

Ranch-style blue home amid palm trees completely surrounded by water under a calm, partly cloudy sky.
A flooded house in Crystal River, Florida, on 31 August 2023, after Hurricane Idalia made landfall. Photograph: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images

Misinformation spread by climate deniers such as Florida’s extremist Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, increases the “vulnerability” of communities in the path of severe weather events, scientists are warning.

The message comes on Saturday, the first day of what experts fear could be one of the most intense and dangerous Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, threatening a summer of natural disasters across the US.

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