Climate change blamed for havoc in northeast US floods

New York (AFP) Sept 3, 2021

Climate change and creaky infrastructure were blamed Friday for the scale of the impact from floods tearing through New York City when remnants of Hurricane Ida swept across the US northeast, killing at least 47 people. "We are in a whole different world," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said after the flash floods. "This is a different challenge." Record rain turned streets into rivers an