Natural Disaster Costs to Double in 6 Years; Flash Floods in England; Current Extreme Weather Due to Climate

Cost of natural disasters could double in next six years, researchers say. The cost of natural disasters could double in the next six years, research by the Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre has suggested.

Flash flooding causes chaos across swathe of England. Flash floods caused chaos in a swathe of England as a month’s worth of rainfall fell in the space of an hour. Eight-hundreds homes in Cambridgeshire were left without power, the bank of the River Nene collapsed and an air display of Lancaster Bombers at RAF Coningsby in Linconshire had to be cancelled.

4 Extreme Weather Events Caused By Climate Change ​Right Now. Although the science is denied by more than 100 members of Congress—which Schultz describes as a “do-nothing Congress telling us we’re on our own: get your own drinking water, fight your own fires,” possible solutions are discussed with Rep. John Garamendi (D-Cal) and Tiernan Sittenfeld of League of Conservation Voters.