by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2024 Contract With Our Readers

As Florida was cleaning up from Hurricane Milton, Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference to update on the progress. A reporter asked the governor if he thought global warming contributed to the disaster, particularly regarding an increase in tornadoes. Some 160 tornado warnings were issued on Wednesday and several people died as tornadoes hit.

DeSantis noted: “The most deadly hurricane we’ve ever had was in 1928, the Okeechobe hurricane killed over 4,000 people. Fortunately, we aren’t going to have anything close to that on this hurricane.

“But even ones like Ian, where you had… Wasn’t even close to that. I just think people should put this in perspective. They try to take different things that happen with tropical weather and act like it’s something. There’s nothing new under the sun. This is something that the state has dealt with for its entire history, and it’s something that will continue to deal with. I think what’s changed is we’ve got 23 million people.”

WATCH: Ron DeSantis absolutely nukes a reporter who tried to tie yesterday’s tornadoes from Hurricane #Milton to global warming pic.twitter.com/Pj0nENTilZ

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