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And in the United States, President Joe Biden visited New Jersey and New York City, two of the hardest-hit places, to assess hurricane Ida's damage to that region.
Having learned of the extent to which the region was devastated by one of the deadliest hurricanes in decades, Biden called on America to take climate change seriously.
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A lot has transpired since the South and the Northeast failed to steer clear of hurricane Ida.
Having been living in abject misery, Americans residing in storm-ravaged states are looking the worse for wear as they continue to pick up the pieces.
Knowing the extent to which hurricane Ida ravaged New Jersey and New York City is one thing, but witnessing the damage - obliterated houses, saturated grounds and toppled power lines - firsthand, spoke volumes.
President Joe Biden: People are beginning to realise this is much, much bigger than anyone was willing to believe. And a whole segment of our population denying this thing called "climate change". Well, I think we've all seen - even the climate skeptics are seeing that this really does matter.
From wildfires in the West to hurricane havoc in the South and Northeast, the evidence that climate change is literally hitting the earth hard is undoubtedly compelling.
Now, therein lies a question: Is it possible to prevent climate change worsening?
Chances are, it is. Biden told Americans they are not fighting a losing battle, since at this juncture, it is still possible to prevent the situation from taking another turn for the worse.
Biden: Climate change poses an existential threat to our lives, to our economy. And the threat is here. It's not going to get any better. The question: Can it get worse? We can stop it from getting worse.
Knowing climate change is indeed capable of grinding the country's hard-fought economic growth to a standstill, Biden called on Americans to fight the threat of climate change.
That's in addition to dubbing climate change a "code red" danger, as Biden once again reiterated that listening to science is instrumental in ensuring America's efforts to curb climate change will bear fruit.
Biden: We got to listen to the scientists and the economists and the national security experts. They all tell us this is code red. The nation and the world are in peril. And that's not hyperbole. That is a fact.
In all, at least 50 people were killed in six Eastern states as an historic flooding disaster last week caused rivers and bayous to overflow.
The notorious hurricane also spawned several tornadoes.
Biden had approved major disaster declarations before visiting states affected by the storm.
A recent United Nations report suggested that climate change is continuing to worsen despite world leaders breaking their backs to curb climate change.
Suffice it to say, the world is entering uncharted waters as people may be subjected to more environmental disasters as a result of the worsening climate change.
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