How a mix of natural and human-caused caused factors cooked up Tropical Storm Hilary's soggy mess

Scientists figure a natural El Nino, human-caused climate change, a stubborn heat dome over the nation's midsection and other factors cooked up Hilary's record-breaking slosh into California and Nevada.

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