This comes as deadly extreme weather continues around the world. In India, at least 300 people have died in widespread flooding across eastern and central states. The flooding, caused by heavy rains, has closed schools, destroyed roads and submerged hundreds of towns and villages. Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, least four people died during last week’s heat wave, which broke four separate temperature records. And in Washington state, Governor Jay Inslee has declared a state of emergency in nearly two dozen counties amid raging wildfires, which he blamed on climate change, saying, “Our forests and wild lands are under attack from climate change.” Wildfires are also raging across parts of California. We’ll have more on climate change later in the broadcast with climate scientist Kirk Smith.
Global Extreme Weather: Floods, Fires & Heat Waves
HeadlineAug 24, 2016