Extremes collide in Florida: Summer weather and DeSantis’ agenda

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Denise Chow is a reporter for NBC News Science focused on general science and climate change.

As the Northern Hemisphere tiptoes into summer, Florida is already in the crosshairs of what is likely to be a season of extremes. Storms battered South Florida this week, with nearly a foot of rain falling in just hours over some parts on Wednesday, causing severe flooding in and around Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Sarasota and other major cities. Several weeks earlier, an early-season heat wave sent heat indexes well into the triple digits across the same region.

And with the Republican Party rallying around former President Donald Trump as its presumptive nominee for the November election, climate change is expected to remain highly politicized. Trump has called climate change a “hoax” and has said he wants to repeal federal laws offering incentives for electric vehicles and offshore wind.

 

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