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Day laborers had lost their jobs. farmers were already facing one of the worst droughts in decades. so by late october, november, december, you were seeing mothers and grandmothers bringing in kids who were already severely malnourished because they had hadnt a proper meal at that point. and those are folks who would usually had things to get them through the winter. so theyre bringing kids in trying to get life-saving treatment. and once they were stable enough, theyre going back to rural villa...

Droughts and almost every county in west virginia has seen massive flooding. >> but its very, very difficult to blame that on coal because, again, weve cleaned up every airborne constituent. >> reporter: senator manchin oekd this monday. >> we want to make sure we have reliable power. we have basically cleaned up the environment more than any other time in the history of this world. >> reporter: west virginia university professor zegg has studied the state and climate change for 11 years. he say...

This latest assessment of the risks of climate change. its unlikely but if global temperatures were to rise by 4 degrees, maximum summer temperatures in the south could be as much as 7 degrees hotter with the north up to 6 degrees hotter. the risks cut right across society, say ministers. infrastructure, roads, sewage systems, power stations will struggle as storms, droughts, floods and heat waves become more frequent and more intense. our health and productivity will suffer. farms will struggle...

Summer temperatures in the south could be as much as 7 degrees hotter, with the north up to 6 degrees hotter. the risks cut right across society, say ministers. infrastructure, roads, sewage systems, powerstations infrastructure, roads, sewage systems, power stations will struggle as storms, droughts, floods and heat waves become more frequent and heat waves become more frequent and more intense. our health and productivity will suffer. farms will struggle to produce as much food and at the same...

Aggressive parts of climate legislation that would drastically curb greenhouse emissions linked to climate change is currently ranked the top congressional recipient of campaign donations from the coal mining and fossil fuel industry. manchins personal investment in ener systems a coal brokerage company he founded and put in a blind trust is valued through 1 and $5 million. >> will you be okay knowing that west virginia could continue to get hit by severe flooding because we as a country failed ...

So, when were talking about climate change and these extreme storms, you know, people have told us that we have to become more prepared for these things. so how should we prepare if these become more common? how will we have to sort of adapt? >> well, its the extremes in the overall -- what we call the water cycle or the hydrological cycle, that are getting more extreme. so its also the droughts, which leads -- which exacerbates all of the heat waves and wildfires at one end, and weve seen a lot...

Megadrought in centuries — what was once considered a "worse case scenario", according to a new study published in the journal nature climate change. the study found the period from 2000 to 2021 was the driest in 1,200 years, and researchers said human—caused climate change has made the current megadrought 72% worse — conditions are not expected to get any better this year. and severe droughts can lead to severe fires. this was only yesterday in wise county, texas. a fire burnt through 300...

Or sudan, but the two countries say they need a binding deal, particularly about future mitigations of possible droughts and the management of the water supplies. and now it has started generating electricity for the first time, creating a sense ofjubilation among ethiopians. when it becomes fully operational, it is expected to generate more than 5,000 mw of electricity, increasing the countrys capacity significantly, and becoming one of the continents largest sources of hydroelectric power. whe...

The government has told all of those agencies to get their act together and come up with a solution. phil mackie there. more now on the storms which have ripped across the country in the past week. joining me now is dr ella gilbert, whos a climate scientists at the university of reading. it has calmed down in parts of the country but there are clearly after effects and we are told we can expect more weather events and more of those big storms. can you explain the background to this? we talk abou...

Able to adapt to the deadly climate. bill weir joinings us live. usually the reports come with more depressing news that theres nothing humans can do to stop it. is that true here too? >> to a point. theres certain things baked in but how bad it gets depends on how soon humanity stops using fuels that burn. thats the basic challenge, at least theoretically. its much harder than were seeing. this is 3600 pages written by hundred of earth scientists. they say, we have the proof now. its a more dan...