‘Climate crisis is here’ says Biden in week of storms, floods and wildfires

The president warned that we need to act now' as trail of destruction blighted west, south and north-east

The widespread destruction caused by extreme weather coast to coast, with Hurricane Ida spreading devastation from Louisiana to New York while record wildfires scorch California, prompted Joe Biden to level with America this week, saying it was yet another reminder that ... the climate crisis is here".

We need to be much better prepared. We need to act," Biden said in a speech on Thursday at the White House.