From what I've seen, scientists are pretty split on the issue of what's causing the hurricanes to get worse. Personally, I don't think the global warming we've seen is as responsible as many would have us think, but it's probably a part of the reason.
What I like it's that it's so easy for a journalist to state "scientists say..." You only really need two scientists (or doctors, or lawyers, or whatever) to say something for the wording to be true, but it leads the reader to believe that all or at least a majority of scientists are in agreement.
