eric schoening is a meteorologist with the us national weather service's western region. is the situation right now? ., ., what is the situation right now? ., ~' , ., what is the situation right now? ., ~ , ., ., , now? thank you having me. this is a lona now? thank you having me. this is a long duration _ now? thank you having me. this is a long duration and _ is a long duration and widespread heatwave across much of the western us which has already begun, it is really going to peak this weekend, we are going to see really hot temperatures and really big heat impacts, potential health impacts for the population through the weekend and into the beginning of next week. find the beginning of next week. and this comes _ the beginning of next week. and this comes off— the beginning of next week. and this comes off the back of periods of drought in california, fire concerns, talk us through how those play out in this situation?— in this situation? absolutely, much of the _ in this situation? absolutely, much of the western - in this situation? absolutely, much of the western us

wildfires have been burning across six western us states.s. wildfires in northern california grow in size and intensity, destroying homes in multiple communities as increasing winds complicate already—dangerous firefighting conditions. this fire is raging out of control in southern oregon, as millions of people across the western us are hit by another round of scorching temperatures. i'm on the west side... more than 60,000 acres are currently burning. california is no stranger to wildfires, but scientists say they're becoming more frequent and more intense as global temperatures rise. the national weather service recorded temperatures of 130 degrees in california's death valley, some of the highest ever recorded on the planet. people in desert communities are being warned how quickly they can dehydrate or overheat. not realising how quickly you can run into trouble with dehydration and heat exhaustion or the body overheating. but even those following advice in palm springs are struggling. it's too hot. i'm drinking as much water as i can. i

one thing i they're in the western us of the future.ern us is trying to bring in more prescribed for fires. we are also going in and reducing the shrubs and the fuels around in the forest and if we can treat the forest and if we can treat the forest and if we can treat the forest we can reduce the fuels because it is a build—up of fuel that is helping to drive these big fires. there's nothing we can really do about the climate change in terms of how it is affecting the fires. but it is the fuels that we can actually manage. thank you so much for taking us do that. let s get some of the day's other news in brief. on the sixtieth anniversary of a friendship treaty between china and north korea, kim jong—un and president xi jinping have exchanged messages, promising greater co—operation. according to the north korean news agency, mr kim said their relationship was vital in the face of hostile foreign forces. china is north korea's only major ally. the statues of two confederate generals have been removed from the us city of charlottesville

wildfires are raging across the western us as the latest heatwave dries out forests and millions struggleith soaring temperatures. the best way to describe it, which is actually the way my friend described it, is that moment when you open the oven and that gust of heat hits you in the face. and why google�*s boss says the model of a free and open internet is under attack. hello and welcome. the cuban opposition says that dozens of activists have been arrested since sunday, when thousands of people joined the biggest protests in decades against the island's communist government. many were detained at the demonstrations, which called for democracy and criticised the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. cuba's president has blamed the united states for the unrest and said its embargo of cuba was aimed at encouraging dissent and social unrest. our north america editor jon sopel has more. libertad! "libertad", the crowd in havana shouts, orfreedom. but while many cubans feel this in their hearts, it's extremely rare for protesters to take to the streets to give vent to their anger in this one

wildfires have been burning in six western us states.dent sophie long reports from los angeles. wildfires in northern california grow in size and intensity, destroying homes in multiple communities as increasing winds complicate already dangerous firefighting conditions. this fire is raging out of control in southern oregon, as millions of people across the western united states are hit by another round of scorching temperatures. i'm on the west side... more than 60,000 acres are currently burning. california is no stranger to wildfires, but scientists say they're becoming more frequent and more intense as global temperatures rise. the national weather service recorded temperatures of 130 degrees in california's death valley, some of the highest ever recorded on the planet. people in desert communities are being warned how quickly they can dehydrate or overheat. not realising how quickly you can run into trouble with dehydration and heat exhaustion or the body overheating. but even those following the advice in palm springs are strugglin

wildfires have been burning in six western us states. 0ur correspondent sophie long reports from losntal protection agency. took us through the consequences. it took us through the consequences.- took us through the consequences. took us through the conse . uences. , . . consequences. it is all related to extreme — consequences. it is all related to extreme heat. _ consequences. it is all related to extreme heat. with - consequences. it is all related l to extreme heat. with extreme heat, that kind of triggers a drought which we are also really experiencing in california, extreme drought, and with that extreme drought, wildfires are also more severe. it is the biggest problem that we have now, like you said, the rising temperatures, but that is also causing other issues with climate change and also outcomes. with climate change and also outcome— with climate change and also outcomes. but this now is an annual event, _ outcomes. but this now is an annual event, is... _ outcomes. but this now is an annual event, is... event, i outcomes. but this now is an annual event, is... event, it|

well, temperatures codes considerably in the western us and canada by wednesday. authorities issued heat warnings for interior regions, including the canadian provinces of alberta and saskatchewan. monica jones is up next with business news asking just tell sustainable china's economic successes. and don't forget there's more on the website dot com or kelly and thanks for watching the news please listen carefully. don't know how to do the feel. the magic.

we're going to start in the western us where we know about 90 percent of the west is under drought conditions. and so this is what crews are up against. this is the dixie fire in california. it's the largest in the state and we know more than $5000.00 and firefighters are fighting this, and the blaze is about 23 percent contained. there could be some relief coming. the north american monsoon moisture is starting to search further to the north. so we've got some rain for the sierra nevada as we head toward thursday. peel out could be a wider look at north america right now, and some other things were watching the potential for volatile storms toward the midwest and the great lakes will zoom in for a closer look right now. can't rule out a tornado, but one of the biggest threats will be winds here. look at the winfield around this . i could see them got 100 plus kilometers per hour that re making it to new england, new york. we'll also get into some of this is while further to the south. heavy rounds of rain can be found in florida. this will impact miami on thursday, except for going to centra

scientists warned that the western us faces a cycle of heat, drought and fire. it cycle of heat, drought if you look cycle of heat, drought and fire. it you look at that photo isjust you look at that photo is just astonishing to see how they are tackling those places. and just one measure of this being more, becoming so much more, and i think the last time i was in the paper review there was quite a similar picture to this about fires, about extreme heat in canada. and i think we will see more of these extreme events and the guardian is trying to put these disturbing images in the front page to try and show people what climate change looks like. in real life of 50 real people and their homes and environment and nature as he gets worse. b, environment and nature as he gets worse. ~ ., environment and nature as he gets worse. �* ., ., environment and nature as he gets worse. ~ ., ., ,. ,, ., ., worse. a lot of discussion on the -a ers worse. a lot of discussion on the papers as _ worse. a lot of discussion on the papers as well — worse. a lot of discussion on the papers as well about _ wor

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yeah, i think that i think the us and western power should stop helping dennis. then it might turn out better, will say, are you gentlemen that jump in here? we're going to go to a short break and after that short break, we'll continue our discussion on some real stay with the me. the news. the road is driven by a dreamer shaped by those with the in me there's thing we dare to ask me. ah, oh, welcome back to cross talk. we're all things considered peter le bell. this is the home edition. to remind you, we're discussing some real news. i okay, let's change gears gentlemen. let's talk about the tragic fate of julian silence over the last week or so. we've seen the b o. j a case against filling a sized co, completely collapsed. i mean, it is this, it is floating in mid air gentlemen. okay, though it, it hasn't changed the position of the game, the u. s. government to try again to expedite. jolina didn't say their case against them was he hacked. he was a hacker this time, this was what made different from the, in the previous administration. this is the, there was a

this is a long duration and widespread heatwave across much of the western us which has already begunnd really big heat impacts, potential health impacts for the population through the weekend and into the beginning of next week. and this comes off the back of periods of drought in california, fire concerns — talk us through how those play out in this situation? absolutely, so much of the western united states is in an extreme drought, so it has been going on for quite a while, and that creates a lot of concerns, water supply concerns in many places, we also have fire concerns in many places, where a lot of our fuels for potential wildfires are quite dry. and then you add on the heat and that dries out those potential wildfire fuels even more, and also as i mentioned, potentially leads to a lot of health concerns across the population. how long are you expecting this to go on for? it started ealier this week, around wednesday is when a lot of the heat really started building across south—eastern california, and a lot of places across the united states�* west will see the worst of the

historic shortage for the colorado river system which brings water to millions of people across the western useadily draining it lake mead near the arizona nevada border. the reservoir for the hoover dam provides water for about 19 million southern california. it's lake. mead is expected to reach a record low next month. that would trigger the reservoirs first ever tier one water shortage, cutting water service format. >> me. look at some of these surrounding mountains and hills and stuff. the water was up where the where the brown part is. and now it's it's down. we've watched it come down over the last 1015, years. it's just keeps going down and down and down and now it's almost impossible to watch. >> if the lake reaches a tier one water shortage, nevada and arizona residents could have a smaller share of water sent their way starting next year, california supply could be cut after those other 2 states. >> tri valley, water customers are being asked to conserve even more water due to the drought. instead of a 10% voluntary cut back. people are now being asked to cut back water. usage by 15%

smoke from wildfires across the western us is causing harmful air pollution is far away as new york.housands of people have been evacuating 0regon new york. thousands of people have been evacuating oregon with the largest acting wildfire has been burning. in the uk government has announced that hundreds of thousands of nurses and other nhs staff in england will receive a 3% pay rise. you're watching bbc news. now its time fo hardtalk. now its time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. south africa is facing its deepest political crisis of the post—apartheid era. after days of violence and looting which saw more than 200 people killed and thousands arrested, president ramaphosa claimed there'd been a well—planned attempt to provoke insurrection and bring down the democratic state. whatever the truth of that, it's clear the social and economic fabric of the country has been badly weakened. my guest is transport minister fikile mbalula. is the ruling anc being confronted with its own failure? fikile mbalula in cape town, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, and

year's world will still ahead hill now, there are pockets and get hills and extreme heat emergency western us the science range in several states. the confederate statutes, both a deadly white supremacist rally in the us becomes a thing of the past. as it's removed from charlottesville. ah well the went seasons rather active at the moment for a good part of indonesia. the exception being java, marlene all places to the east, but if you go north threat bony and silhouette, his daily, they are covered in shouting stones, which the concentration appears to be quite a long way. so the philippines are involved to most of the china as well, yet, and i was getting very wet once more. and of course, sou marcher, although rather less se well tommy, to tuesday. the seas nor change in australia is now taken place is very obvious, is very cold at night. there are frequent areas of low pressure is one, the new zealand, one on its way to tasmania, one coming into purse, making the daily change. whether not a big surprise pers, west windy day is monday, showers following the rain itself and after fairly col

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wildfires burning across 10 western states. thousands of people have been moved from their homes, country lopez for the gun, hasn't more. this wildfire season as breaking records in the us, dozens of fires are raging in western states with more than 340000 hector's burned in recent days. in california, a state known for its many wild wires, the amount of land burned has more than tripled since last year. the fire was moving so fast and so hot it was exploding spot fires ahead of it. way ahead of it. like a gunshot. this fire near the arizona utah border is one of the many that's close highways and roads. scientists say severe droughts and the climate crisis are fueling extreme temperatures. the bootleg choir in oregon is the largest blaze, an area twice the size. the city of portland is in flames and is disrupting power transmission lines to california. thousands of people across many states have been evacuated. we got out in time. i looked in my rear view mirror, and the flames passed over the road and headed down my driveway. and burned both sides of my property in oregon, he related deaths are also on the rise. many have died alone in their homes, with temperatures r

hundreds of people died in the us and western canada when a similar heat dome shattered temperature recordsclements, who's a professor of meteorology at san jose state university. i asked him what impact the current heatwave in california was having on potential wildfires. these hot temperatures are this heatwave is really driving our fuel moisture is down so we're getting drierfuels fuel moisture is down so we're getting drier fuels which then allows the fires to spread more easily, so that's what we are experiencing.— easily, so that's what we are experiencing. and what is your wildfire forecast, _ experiencing. and what is your wildfire forecast, if _ experiencing. and what is your wildfire forecast, if you - experiencing. and what is your wildfire forecast, if you like, i wildfire forecast, if you like, the rest of the summer? well, it could be _ the rest of the summer? well, it could be quite _ the rest of the summer? well, it could be quite grim - the rest of the summer? well, it could be quite grim because| it could be quite grim because of our drought that we just came out of this w

watch more than a dozen active wildfires in the western us in california. crews are on the scene of at least 9 fires, including the dixie fire. yeah. the biggest one in california right now in butte and plumas counties. firefighters say it's become the 15th largest fire in state history. >> and it's still growing and that is not good news. grant lotus is here with more. you know, sometimes these fires merge array of one big firel another. all of a sudden it's a gigantic fire. and that's what officials right now up against you have these 2 northern california fires that have come together, creating a gigantic blaze and now there are new challenges for firefighters, the fly fire merge with the already massive dixie fire we've been talking about for weeks and together they've now for nearly 200,000 acres across plume us and butte counties, at least 16 structures have burned and now more than 10,000 other structures, our threat to see some of the harrowing video of damage being done. you of erratic winds and the potential for dry lightning. and you add that to

, year 2020 final is kicking off now. rage across california as another heat waves. mama is the western us bringing life threatening temperatures. and is one of haiti's most powerful gang, ada's threatens protest. so the killing of president louise, the u. s. that says it's sending a team to the security that ah, everybody and richard branson has flown to the edge of space fulfilling a lifelong dream and making a great leap towards making space tourism a reality. branson was joined by 5 others aboard. virgin galactic wind rocket called unity. the group reached 80 kilometers above the surface of the earth where they experienced a few minutes of weightlessness. a ship then folded its wings in and glided back to earth before landing on a spaceport runway in new mexico. the mission statement that i wrote inside my space to was to turn the dream a space shuttle into a reality for my grandchildren, half your grandchildren. and for many people who are alive today for everybody and having flown to space, i can see even more clearly how virgin is the space line for the way here to make space more a

there's been a deadly attack on the un headquarters in western us. get this done with the agency strongly condemning the incident. the attack targeting entrances with rocket propelled grenades and gunfire of the clearly marked un facility was carried out by anti government elements. attacks against you and a civilian you in personnel and compounds are prohibited under international law and may amount to war crimes. it took place in her routes, one of the nation's largest cities, which was seen intense fighting of late between government forces on the telephone . the attack left one afghan police officer dead and several others injured. no un personnel were hurt. the agency said it would hold those responsible to account. meanwhile, with the withdrawals of us troops now under way, the taliban has intensified its military offensive. the militants have made significant territorial gains in many provinces. a new report by the u. n. in fact said, there's been an unprecedented surgeon civilian deaths in recent months and warns that trend will continue if t

step boston reporting live from much that i for more people in the western us have been told to evacuate their homes because of wildfires. crews in california are trying to control the tamarac fire, which has been burning for 2 weeks now. they're raising the surrounding area to hold his progress. routes and high temperatures are created ideal conditions for wildfires that are currently about 80 blazys across 13 states. we india has reported as lewis number of new cobit 19 infections in 4 months, just over 30000 cases in one day. another 374 people died in the past 24 hours. the health ministry says the official death toll is not more than 414000, but an independent report published on tuesday says the true number of that could be up to 10 times that figure that i government has extended restrictions for another week as the country continues to experience a search in corona virus. cases, 13 provinces have been deemed dark red zones and flights in and out of band checkpoints civils are being set up and at night time, curfews in place to further discouraged travel. the south korean prime mi

in the western us state of oregon, thunderstorms sparking dozens of fires there. while the large one, the one is the bootleg far continues to burn, creating it so weather system and send a huge blooms of smoke thousands of kilometers, all the way to new york city in the east. the well, let's bring in our guests. joining us from seattle is crystal raymonds, a climate adaptation specialist at the university of washington in sydney, mark deason dawson honory, associate professor of environmental sciences at the university of new south wales . and in so, paolo prithee, on metro d, a senior forest campaigner and greenpeace, brazil one. welcome to all 3 of you know, crystal, raven, you're a fire. a college is given the that the number of wild, far as receiving world wide. and i've just outlines some of them looking at the global picture. would you say this is normal? well, i think, you know, we're definitely seeing that warmer temperatures dryer summers associated with climate change are speeding up the wildfires that we have globally. and we're seeing a larger area bur

wildfires rage on, the heat intensifies as millions struggle amid record—breaking temperatures in the western usmoment when you open the oven and that gust of heat hits you in the face.

well, temperatures codes considerably in the western us and canada by wednesday. authorities issued heat warnings for interior regions including the canadian provinces of alberta and saskatchewan. once a day marks the launch of the european union's digital code 900 certificate system . it is supposed to make traveling across the u easier for some that airlines are warning the system isn't ready and could cause long delays. it links up the various existing cobra, 1900 apps approved by each country. the app display a q r code, which can then be scan to confirm a person status as well as vaccination details. the apps can store test results and evidence of recovery. and paper pace q r codes should also be available. your digital certificate is off to a shaky start with a bit of confusion and accusations of inequality is between travelers, jill dora has that story for us. so what can travelers expect from today? from today? europeans can present their existing national cove and 19 status. that's or printed paper equivalent anywhere across the european union, and that should ease restrictions

shortages coupled with supply chain issues and an urgent demand for firefighting aircraft, us the western usve wildfires. as we've been reporting, a recent flights in and out of the fresno. yosemite international airport. those were disrupted by jet fuel shortages and blamed on the lack of tanker truck driver deliveries. some states are looking into having truck drivers work longer hours to deliver fuel that could be needed for firefighting efforts in other parts of the country. >> today marks 2 months since a deadly mass shooting at the vta railyard in san jose members of the community are continuing to remember the lives lost. also parklets says things became really popular over the last year. so right that the business saving spaces could actually be making life harder for some folks. and we're not just going for gold anymore. we're

wildfires across the western us have forced thousands of people to spend the weekend in evacuation centresmore than 80 large wildfires across 13 states have burnt around 1.3 million acres in recent weeks. the uk government is considering plans to require football fans to be fully vaccinated if they want to go to premier league matches from october. supporters could be locked out of stadiums in england unless they are double—jabbed. now on bbc news, the future of fashion. halima aden made catwalk history when she became the world's first hijab—wearing supermodel. featuring in campaigns for some of the biggest names in the fashion industry. i had never got to experience flipping through a magazine and seeing somebody in a hijab, somebody i could relate to. so to be that person for other girls was just a dream come true. but over time, halima felt the industry was clashing with her muslim faith, and in november 2020 she announced on instagram that she was quitting. i felt great pleasure being the first ——i felt great pressure being the first muslim, hijab—wearing model. it got to a place wher

generations drowning commuters in flooded boy tunnels. meanwhile, wildfires continue to rage across the western us, blanketing the east coast in long for drug companies agree to pay $26000000000.00 to resolve thousands of claims over the u. s. opioid epidemic find a new president of the same politics, the head of pans, and he has main opposition and 10 other party figures are arrested. about descending with the sports competition has started at the tokyo olympics, the host nation, that gets the soft pool moving wall and women's football shock loss for the defendant champions, usa ah, we begin the news. we're in central china, we're record breaking. flooding has killed at least 25 people and forced the evacuation of 200000 more. in the latest of a series of extreme weather events around the world who not provinces for its heaviest strain fall in generations, 12 of the dead drowned when a subway line flooded in the city of june. joe and his katrina, you reports now from beijing. more rainfall is forecast, the rescue team's work to do the night to help. so boy passengers get to safety in downtown joh

. >> but across the western us in general out east. so a lot of those eastern states have been tapping into the smoke. unfortunately from fires that are blowing hundreds 100's of miles away as far as this morning goes, we're just looking at fog out there that is not haze. that is not smoke. just a little bit of that layer. if you're north calhoun, the weather center forecast showed a little bit of the city by to san francisco down below at least what you can see through that low gray that is pushed right back into the picture visibility this morning is actually holding up just fine for most areas in this. a nice note as you do start your wednesday morning conditions out there will actually stay this way throughout the course of the rest of the morning before we clear out and see sunshine returning later on today the high pressure ridge is part of the reason that smoke is being funneled elsewhere. winds pushing it further and further inland. so even though we do have fires is nearby as the sierra nevada. all that smoke is just being pus

generation browning, commuters, in flooded subway tunnels. meanwhile wildfires continued rage across the western us blanketing the east coast in small g. ah, hello barbara, are you watching al jazeera life and that also coming up for drug companies agree.

threat of wildfires here in the state will sharing how the administration is sending help to the western usent also touched on the personal devastation that the fires can bring each year as we have gets worse. it affects real people. >> everything from from children who are breathing the smoke to parents who are up at night concerned that they may get an evacuation order, danny that any moment. so know that we are here to maximize the federal capacity to support the states. i'm in dc. but of course, i'm a california girl. and i care deeply about this. we as i think i've shared with many of you. our family has been under evacuation orders in the last couple years and. our folks should not have to that they're there. they're going to lose their home. everything. they have much less risk their lives. >> further assistance from the federal government comes as the dixie fire grows to become the 11th largest wildfire in our state's history. that fire has now burned more than 240,000 acres in plumas and butte counties that fire started back on july 14th and since then it is destroyed more than 60

places in the middle east, and then rely on what they call local enforcers in order to prosecute western us or, or largely corporate policy direction. and so who is that local enforcer for afghanistan is certainly can't be the afghan government in cobol or the afghan army because they'll fold like deck chairs on the titanic. you know, so it's pakistan would be that local enforcer. but that hasn't worked because they pump billions of dollars into, to fight counter you know, for counterterrorism funding in pakistan arguably is all probably people believe the i s i is partly responsible for a lot of the terrorists activity and extremism and gun running and all sorts sorts of things so that there's a huge amount of problems. i don't think there's an easy solution, but what happens in this situation where there's no easy solution as the opportunists will seize on business opportunities. afghans been a great money spinner for the military industrial complex. the global corporate transnational corporate haven't been able to get us a stable footholds. so in the meantime, just make money off of the

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generation drowning commuters in flooded subway tunnels. meanwhile, wildfires continues rage across the western us blanketing the east coast in small g . ah, hello barbara, so you're watching al jazeera life and that also coming up for drug companies agreed to pay $26000000000.00 to resolve thousands of claims over the us. opioid epidemic friends roll out a covert past for tourist attractions of cinemas and sporting events to encourage more people to get the vaccinate. ah, we begin the program in central china. we're record breaking. flooding has killed at least 25 people and forced the evacuation of 200000 more. in the latest of a series of extreme weather events around the world, hulu and province. so it's heaviest rainfall in generations. 12 of the dead drowned when a subway line flooded in the city of jung. joe and it's katrina you reports from beijing. more rainfall is forecast. the rescue team's work to do the night to help subway passengers get to safety in downtown john doe, in the space of just 3 days, the capital of china is central, clint, and province received as much rain as it usuall

wildfire season no relief in sight while firefighters are working to battle blazes throughout the western us. pacific gas electric has filed documents, emitting their power lines, may have been the cause behind. yet another fire large correspond natasha suite has more on the relentless fires, sweeping the country. pacific gas and electric base here in california is admitted they may have cars yet another fire. p junior has been in the hot seat for many years for causing many pleases, including the safety, deadliest wildfire firefighters are working to contain the dixie fire. the active blades hovers in northern california and on the southern oregon border. so far as bern, over 30000 acres and it's 15 percent contained a lot of smoke and there's a lot of emergency vehicles that are traversing that. that road in order to get to areas in which bel, just in abundance of caution, would be better to close the road and hand protect the citizens in that area. the boys is just northwest of the town paradise, california, and survivors of that horrific fire that killed 85 people watched as the blaze bu

western side of north america. the first heat we've began in latejune. this portland in the us smashed, and the previous record was 44.4 celsius. now it is 49.6. that is now canada's highest of the temperature. moving into the us a look from this to this. it further southin look from this to this. it further south in portland, the order record was beaten by another big margin. and none of this is normal. this is how one canadian climatologist put it. nature is telling us that this is not normal too. on the pacific coast, over a billion marine creatures have been killed. this man runs an oyster business in canada. cooked the oysters, clams, mussels around here now are all gone. and you can see the sand dollars are all dead. �* ., ., ., ., ., , , dead. and now one heatwave has been followed by another. _ dead. and now one heatwave has been followed by another. this _ dead. and now one heatwave has been followed by another. this image - followed by another. this image shows the 10th ofjuly in the us, the red means hotter than average and this is death valley in california. he reac

there was the dramatic heatwave in canada and western us last month and russia, mexico and new zealanding unusually high—temperatures. the climate science is very clear on this, it has been predicting not just for years but for decades that if we continue to pump huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, we will experience increasingly high temperatures and because warm air holds more moisture, that means heavier rainfall and therefore, floods. you only have to look at the pictures of these devastating floods to know that we need to do better. it is not ok with this number of people to die in 2021 from floods. the next obvious question is, is the world doing enough to tackle climate change? it is. the un says we need to reduce carbon emissions by 7% every yearfor the next decade if we are going to stand a reasonable chance of staying within what is reckoned to be the safe limit, 1.5 celsius. we did achieve that last year but in the teeth of the pandemic so the only good outcome from these recent extreme weather events is that it encourages the world to raise its carbon cuttin