Story highlights Bill Nye predicts we can expect more storms like the Louisiana flooding

It may cause many people to move, which would be a huge loss to the state's economy

(CNN) As Louisiana tries to dry out and start rebuilding after last week's catastrophic flooding, Bill Nye has an ominous message: It's going to happen again.

"This is a result of climate change," Nye told CNN's Chris Cuomo on "New Day" Tuesday. "It's only going to get worse."

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The unprecedented floods damaged more than 60,000 homes and killed 13 people. But because the flooding was caused by smaller individual storms, it didn't attract the attention and response that larger storms -- such as hurricanes Sandy, Katrina or Rita -- garnered.

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Nye said due to the effects of climate change, the region will be hit again by these smaller storms and suffer more catastrophic floods.

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