On Sept. 16, Hurricane Sally hit the Florida-Alabama line with 165 mph winds and trapped many people with flood waters. These waters crept inland and drenched the Deep South. The storm made landfall at 4:45 a.m. near Gulf Shores and battered the coast line for hours.

Sally has been the second hurricane to hit the Gulf Coast in three weeks, making this one of the busiest hurricane seasons ever recorded. This coupled with the wildfires raging in California has drawn attention to climate change. Sally’s slow movement speed also supports scientists’ theory that climate change is creating stronger, more destructive storms.