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Systems are facing up to the threat of flash flooding and ill be asking what can be done to keep travellers safe in extreme rainfall. also on weather world, sudden and savage. disaster in the usa — hit by one of its largest tornado outbreaks in history. how one canadian province found itself at the epicentre of 2021s climate change—fuelled extremes. it is the effects of these extreme events that can be devastating and lead to loss of life, loss of livelihoods. this is why we are concerned ab...

Just before 5pm. now its time for whetherworld. —— just before 5pm. now its time for whether world. —— weather world. this time on weather world im in scotland, the country that hosted the 2021 cop climate summit. the cairngorm see area faces its own challenges as our world warms. i will be talking to the people whose livelihoods depend on winter snow here, everyone if sometimes they have to make it themselves. the factory produces four tonnes an hour. i am in london where like many majo...

Where weather extremes reached a new level in 2021. british columbia in western canada. in november, record rain as an atmospheric river of moisture from the pacific brought flash flooding to the same areas that only a few months earlier were in the grip of an historic heatwave. its coming this way fast. lets get out of here. the fires that followed that heatwave had catastrophic consequences for lytton, the town that set a new canada temperature record of 49.6 celsius. speaking at the cop 26 cl...

Were putting down concrete, tarmac, all those new houses, all those roofs. that surface water is going to increase anything between eight and 18% per small development. and youve got to think about where its going to go. the drains are already at well over capacity and just cant deal with it. joining me now here at londons southwark station is lilli matson from tfl. lilli, how concerned is tfl about the forecast of more frequent extreme rainfall in a warming world? were very aware that londons c...

Produced phenomenal amounts of rain. and also injuly, frightening scenes from zhengzhou in china, where the floods that followed a years worth of rain in just three days trapped people in an underground metro system and on flooded trains. thankfully, on a far less extreme scale, the transport network here in london was hit with flash flooding in summer. and with climate scientists warning of more frequent bouts of intense rainfall, in a moment ill be asking transport for london what they are doi...

How does it feel to ski on? when it comes out of the snow factory its essentially a ice flake, which doesnt have a lot of cohesion. by the time you get to ski on it, its been mixed with other man—made snow from snow guns and hopefully some natural stuff, which makes it bind and makes a good skiable surface. and so what do you hope about the future proofing of the industry, where you are able to make snow at higher temperatures like this? snowmaking is key to the future of snow sports here in s...

Are exactly what climate scientists have been warning us about. exactly as you said, hot extremes are going to become hotter. and wet extremes are going to become wetter. so this is what climate change looks like. and so, yeah, i think this is a really important message to the world. this is why climate change is important. its not because each roughly average day becomes a little bit warmer. thats not so much of a problem. it is the effect of these extreme events that can be devastating and lea...

Running water. in june, the pacific northwest roasted with temperatures 30 degrees higher than the average. we had 21 storms in the atlantic this year that were big enough to be named. one of those storms, hurricane ida, hit louisiana with so much force that it temporarily reversed the flow of the mississippi river and caused massive flash flooding in the northeast where states were significantly underprepared. this month, record heat in the midwest fueled the deadliest december tornado outbreak...

Paula? >> it is really hard to keep up. and its the extremes that are the issue. well get to that. derek, stand by for me, please. we were also looking at some of the most extreme weather events of 2021, as the crisis -- as the climate crisis took a catastrophic toll around the world. the western u.s. was gripped by a drought and in june, an unprecedented heat wave killed hundreds of people in the pacific northwest and in canada and in the span of a few weeks, deadly flash flooding struck europe...

Here. this is the airline industry. we are only going to take off if its flight. >> according to flight aware, more than 2400 flights to, from, or within the u.s. have been canceled today. and the numbers keep climbing. breaking news out of kentucky where flash flooding is prompting water rescues across the state. new video shows flood waters surrounding the home of a bombs trailer home. she had to wade through the water with her four children to escape the rising waters. michelle grossman is ...