Climate crisis: one month of flash floods, wildfires and heatwaves

In the last month, devastating weather extremes have hit regions across the world. From flash floods in Belgium to deadly temperatures in the US, from wildfires in Siberia to landslides in India, it has been an unprecedented period of chaotic weather. Climate scientists have long predicted that human-caused climate disruption would lead to more flooding, heatwaves, droughts, storms and other forms of extreme weather, but even they have been shocked by the scale of these scenes Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► Extreme weather will be the norm and UK is not prepared, report warns ► ‘Record-shattering’ heat becoming much more likely, says climate study ► The Guardian publishes independent journalism