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To love it. let's talk about the big weather story of the day that's what's happening on the west coast. currently, we have 18 fires burning but we have two atmospheric rivers. what's an atmospheric river? we get rivers of humid air that comes into the storm and they can produce epic amounts of rainfall. the first one is going now into thursday and then on to friday. then there's another one even bigger behind this one that's going to come in over the weekend. so two significant rainfall events to begin our rainy season in the west. i mean, stand up and applaud because that is exactly what the...

Getting more dangerous. it rapidly intensified. it slowed down as it made its way over land, allowing for extreme rainfall events to unfold across many locations. and mainly across the northeastern u.s., where unfortunately 50 people lost their lives. new york city broke a record in terms of how much rain actually fell. they had over 3 inches of rain in a one-hour period. the most rain that they have ever experienced within that city causing widespread flash flooding in and around the metro region. so a significant player for them. but it wasn't just hurricane ida. it was also tennessee river ...

We look back at these disasters? >> kim, frankly many people are still reeling from many of this past summer's disasters that occurred. and with the world leaders meeting in glasgow next month for cop-26 we don't want these to be overshadowed or overlooked or forgotten. it was basically or virtually impossible to ignore climate change this past summer across north america. we ranked them, some of the worst disasters, climate-related disasters this summer. i don't have time to get to every single one of them. but some of the more notable ones of course hurricane ida that wreaked havoc from the ...

Hit. this is most every community has risks from extreme rainfall events. as to one single we're seeing climate that's happening now. the climate change has already changed. extreme rainfall events are occurring. but with tropical and nontropical systems. it's generally the one communities are least prepared for. we're seeing the wildfire problem off the scale. and think about it, everything we have felt this is based upon past extreme weather events. so we're having to change in real time as these vents occur. communities have damages but reduce the impact and help communities get back on the...

In fact, take a look at this. from climate central showing the increasing number of what are called excessive rainfall events. in other words, high one-day amounts. it's going up year by year and that's not good news, fred. not just here in the united states but globally. >> gene norman, thank you so much for that view. let's talk further. joining me now to discuss, john sutter, baseline documentary series that focuses on the world's climate crisis. john, so good to see you. explain how climate change has evolved over time. >> yeah, i mean, i think it's kind of helpful to take a long view of t...