http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/09/us/hurricane-irma-florida-latest

The Trump administration would need to conduct a “trend analysis” to determine a potential connection between this year’s spate of hurricanes and climate change, a top White House adviser said on Monday.

Tom Bossert, the homeland security adviser to President Trump, told reporters that it was too early to say whether this year’s storms were related to warming global temperatures, adding that further study was required.

“Causality is something outside of my ability to analyze right now,” Bossert said in response to a question from CNN’s Jim Acosta.

He said that hurricane seasons were “cyclical,” and noted that scientists had accurately predicted this year would bring larger average storms.

“We’ll have to do a trend analysis at a later date,” Bossert said.

He said the Trump administration was mindful of predictions of future floods, and doesn’t want federal dollars used to rebuild structures that will come under increasing threat…