President Joe Biden has said nobody ‘can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore’, as the US struggles with severe floods, torrential rain and storm surges as Hurricane Idalia makes its passage through Florida and Georgia. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, the US president said: ‘Just look around … historic floods, more intense droughts, extreme heat, significant wildfires have caused significant damage like we’ve never seen before, not only throughout the Hawaiian Islands and the United States, but in Canada and other parts of the world.’
What are storm surges and what is the threat from Hurricane Idalia?
Hurricane Idalia batters south-eastern US causing storm surges and power outages
Hurricane Idalia: severe floods as Biden says ‘I don’t think anybody can deny the impact of a climate crisis’ – live
