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Never seen anything like this in the community all because of the historic rain. >> during recent historic droughts, california prayed for rain. but not like this. two days of torrential rain, thunderstorms and wind gusts pounding california causing mud slides, overflowing rivers and triggering extensive flooding. >> we have trees down. mud slides. we have folks trapped where we had major failures. >> at least 17 dies as a result of the storms after 18 inches of rain fell in southern california....

During the states long drought sliding down under roads and homes. this is video just in of a crushed car pulled out of a sinkhole that formed when the earth moved. the extreme weather is not over. more big storms are in the forecast for the coming week. cnns ken lah has the story. >> reporter: during recent historic droughts california prayed for rain, but not like this. two days of torrential rain, thunderstorms and wind gusts are pounding california causing mudslides, overflowing rivers and c...

Mountainsides. it dumps the heavy sierra cement snow that can lead to avalanches and power lines down. its just a nightmare out there, and its interesting. i dont know if we have the nasa animation. you can see how much the soil moisture has changed. this was in november just a few months ago, and watch as the entire state turns blue in just a couple of weeks. if only we had superman to come take this atmospheric river and funnel it into lake powell and lake maead to use that water. >> such a dr...

Also reported about, there are five key risks for europe, and this summer really that at least three of them are really hitting your part. for example, heat waves, heat wave that we have been discussing has taken tens of thousands of lives in europe and we see that among all continents, europe has been hit most by heat waves in terms of the loss of life, and most loss of life caused by climate change is actually caused by climate change is actually caused by climate change is actually caused by ...

This summer demonstrated that at least three of them are have hit your part. for example heat wave that we have been discussing have taken tens of thousand lives of europe and we could see that across all continents. europe has been hit most in terms of heat waves in terms of loss of life and most loss of life is caused by heat waves. it usually comes with other problems for example, it aggravates droughts, water shortages all around europe which also creates risk to climb teens to europe and al...

In our national lead, sink holes, heavy snow happening in california where the rain is relentless. the storms over the past few weeks killed at least 16 people. cnns kyung lah is in california with a closer look at the wide spread damage and mass evacuations. >> reporter: during recent historic droughts, california prayed for rain but not like this. two days of torrential rain, thunderstorms and wind gusts are pounding california causing mudslides, overflowing rivers and triggering extensive flo...

The risks of drought and flood. in a place like california, we are likely to see more of both in a warming world. its not just getting drier or wetter, but we will see more of both kinds of ex treemgs. that sort of requires different approaches than if it were just getting wetter or drier all of the time. and so thinking about how week strategically leverage the occasional floods when they do occur to recharge groundwater, for example, or operate our existing large dams in ways that maintain saf...

Kansas water experts are warning that farmers and ranchers in the state's western half must stop pumping more water out of a vast aquifer than nature puts back each year or risk an economic collapse there

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden has approved three bills that will improve access to water for three tribes in Arizona amid an unrelenting drought. One of the measures that Biden signed Thursday settles longstanding water rights claims for the Hualapai Tribe , whose reservation borders a 100-mile (161-kilometer) stretch of the Colorado River as it runs through the Grand Canyon.

Last year�*s record temperatures drove wildfires. houses in dartford, kent, were consumed in the flames. droughts affected agriculture and left many reservoirs with unusually low water levels. water shortages led to hosepipe bans in some parts of the uk. meanwhile, global greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase. last year is expected to have been the fourth or fifth hottest year ever recorded worldwide and climate scientists believe that this year is likely to continue that trend. joinin...