- According to the Climate Fact Check report, the Pakistan floods and the 2022 monsoon season were within the range of natural variability and the wettest since 1961.
- “If emissions are to blame, why was it so rainy then?” the report reads. “Also, average peak monsoonal rainfall actually has declined somewhat since the 1950s,” adding that ongoing deforestation has also worsened seasonal monsoon flooding.
- Mainstream media outlets blamed Hurricane Ian, the category four disaster that was the deadliest hurricane to strike Florida since 1935, on climate change for the storm’s rapid intensification.
