We have seen hurricanes in the past and we have seen bad ones but the kind we are getting now exceeds all limits of how much destruction it can bring.

The way Hurricane Harvey dropped unfathomable amount of rainfall on Houston and other parts of Texas was unimaginable.

The consensus among scientists is that the effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels and warmer oceans, made those storms far more destructive than they would have been in previous decades.

Here is the science: Hurricanes thrive over warm water and strengthen in intensity; oceans have warmed on an average 1 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit over the past century, and sea levels have risen about 7 inches during that time. Throw in compound flooding -- the combination of rising sea levels from global warming, storm surge and extreme rainfall -- and you have the perfect mix for record flooding.