Hurricane Helene blows climate deniers Trump and Vance off course again

JD Vance had to cancel two events in Georgia on Thursday after the category 4 storm surged across the region

JD Vance has been forced to cancel two campaign events in Georgia due to the threat posed by Hurricane Helene, in the latest instance of Donald Trump's presidential bid being affected by extreme weather worsened by a climate crisis that both Trump and Vance have routinely mocked.

Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, scrapped plans to make a speech in Macon, Georgia, and then hold a rally in Flowery Branch, Georgia, on Thursday due to the hurricane, which has surged across the Gulf of Mexico and hit Florida's west coast as a category 4 storm.