Then the headline should be changed. There's plenty of concern around global warming without exaggerating climate and/or weather events. Straying from the fact

Then the headline should be changed. There's plenty of concern around global warming without exaggerating climate and/or weather events. Straying from the facts helps nobody except the news outlets. Edit: technically, WaPo didn't misstate anything in the headline, but it's a bit deceptive. The HN headline is (currently) wrong, probably because the submitter was fooled by WaPo.