President Trump on Thursday dismissed the impact of climate change even after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma marked the first time two Category 4 storms have struck the US in the same year.

“We’ve had bigger storms,” the president said aboard Air Force One as he returned to Washington after meeting with Irma victims in Florida.

His comments come little more than a week after he warned Florida residents to “just get out of its way” as Irma barreled thought the Caribbean after leaving a trail of destruction on its way to the Sunshine State.

“This is a storm of enormous destructive power. I ask everyone in the storm path to heed all instructions. Get out of its way,” he said from Camp David where he and members of his Cabinet and administration were monitoring the storm. “Property is replaceable, but lives are not, and safety has to come first. Don’t worry about it. Just get out of its way.”

Harvey broke the record for rainfall when it dumped more than 50 inches on parts of Texas and Louisiana.

Irma, one of the the Atlantic’s strongest storms of all time, had sustained winds of 185 mph at its peak and was a Category 5 storm for three days.

Trump has called climate change a “hoax” invented by the Chinese to hurt American businesses.

Another member of his administration also pooh-poohed the effects of climate change on the hurricanes.

Environmental Protection Agency director Scott Pruitt said it wasn’t the time to talk about climate change last week as Florida braced for Irma.

“Here’s the issue,” Pruitt said. “To have any kind of focus on the cause and effect of the storm; versus helping people, or actually facing the effect of the storm, is misplaced.”