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SC Lede: Climate Change and Hurricane Season Preview

Hurricane Ian seen over the Gulf Coast of Florida on Sept. 22, 2022. Ian cause catastrophic damage to portions of the state and even made a second landfall on the coast of South Carolina.
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Hurricane Ian seen over the Gulf Coast of Florida on Sept. 22, 2022. Ian cause catastrophic damage to portions of the state and even made a second landfall on the coast of South Carolina.

On this edition of the South Carolina Lede for June 27, 2023, we discuss severe weather season and the effects of climate change with Dr. Kirstin Dow, professor of geography at the University of South Carolina, and Kim Stenson, director of the South Carolina Emergency Management Division.

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Gavin Jackson graduated with a visual journalism degree from Kent State University in 2008 and has been in the news industry ever since. He has worked at newspapers in Ohio, Louisiana and most recently in South Carolina at the Florence Morning News and Charleston Post and Courier.