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To unusually warm air from the gulf of mexico for this time of year, air that's being pushed northward. key questions tonight, what effect does climate change have on this, and is this the new normal? >> the contribution of climate change is probably at least noticeable that the gulf is very warm, the gulf is warmer this time of year than it's ever been. i don't really think we're talking about a new normal. it may be a slightly increased frequency but not the kind of thing we've seen outbreaks that we've seen last week on an annual or every year basis. >> harold brooks of noaa's severe storms...

The impact it's had on? it hat on. give us a flavour of what the impact it's had on?— hat on. give us a flavour of what the impact it's had on? it was quite calm here up _ the impact it's had on? it was quite calm here up until— the impact it's had on? it was quite calm here up until about— the impact it's had on? it was quite calm here up until about 2:15pm . calm here up until about 2:15pm today when we started to get the first rain events from storm barra. that continued with squally winds up to around 4:15pm and that's when the gaels really started to kick up here at the west coast. ...

Shortly from alok sharma who will be taking on the uk presidency of cop and we will bring you that a speech live along with a number of other key speeches on this opening day. you're watching bbc news. there has been a lot of wet weather across some parts of the country over recent days and we still have some flood warnings in force across parts of wales, northern england, southern scotland as well. so today, we had a bit more rain events are quite a wet and windy day. the rain and living through quicker than it has recently. there has been some sunshine following on behind. it will linger lon...

Moment. adam sobel is a professor at columbia university. adam, we appreciate you joining us. you wrote, quote, this is a point in a news cycle when i would normally be called upon to explain why in a warmer climate hurricanes and rain events can get more extreme. i can't do it, not today. at this dystopian moment i'm just not feeling it and i don't think i'm alone. i think i can speak for many of us when i say we're stunned. adam, why did this push you to that tipping point? >> well, i mean, so we climate scientists have been saying for a long time extreme weather events are getting more seve...

The ten-year anniversary of hurricane irene that devastated kranford. there is a flood control plan. we cannot afford another one of these traumatic significant rain events. something has to be done. so i will be asking the governor and the congressman to be more aggressive in advocating for us and the federal government, with the federal government, and the army corps of engineers. we need a solution, an ongoing 100 million in damages and people's homes being devastated,