--- title: TIME Explains: Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change | TIME description: TIME senior editor Bryan Walsh explains how climate change may have helped Hurricane Sandy become a superstorm canonical: https://time.com/video/X63BKwzy/ og:title: TIME Explains: Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change og:description: TIME senior editor Bryan Walsh explains how climate change may have helped Hurricane Sandy become a superstorm og:url: https://time.com/video/X63BKwzy/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/X63BKwzy/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME Explains: Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change twitter:description: TIME senior editor Bryan Walsh explains how climate change may have helped Hurricane Sandy become a superstorm twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/X63BKwzy/poster.jpg?width=720 --- # TIME Explains: Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change ## Video: TIME Explains: Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change [Watch (HLS stream): TIME Explains: Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/X63BKwzy.m3u8) (2:29)  _Published 2012-11-01. TIME senior editor Bryan Walsh explains how climate change may have helped Hurricane Sandy become a superstorm_ --- Jul 27, 2023 3:28 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Why Climate Change Is Making Hurricane Season Worse](/video/jaZpHcJR/) ### Why Climate Change Is Making Hurricane Season Worse [Watch: A Timelapse of Climate Change](/video/ywHiuC83/) ### Watch: A Timelapse of Climate Change [The U.N. Talks Climate Change](/video/pBaT3qaP/) ### The U.N. Talks Climate Change --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME Explains: Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change","description":"TIME senior editor Bryan Walsh explains how climate change may have helped Hurricane Sandy become a superstorm","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/X63BKwzy/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2012-11-01T06:39:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/X63BKwzy.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/X63BKwzy/","duration":"PT2M29S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/X63BKwzy/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```