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The effects of climate change on extreme weather

FILE - A small tractor clears water from a business as flood waters block a street, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in Barre, Vt. Across the U.S., many people are living through one of the most brutal summers of their lives and reckoning with the idea that climate change is only going to make matters worse in the coming decades.
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FILE - A small tractor clears water from a business as flood waters block a street, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in Barre, Vt. Across the U.S., many people are living through one of the most brutal summers of their lives and reckoning with the idea that climate change is only going to make matters worse in the coming decades.

This episode originally aired on Aug. 14, 2023.

From flooding in Vermont to record days of heat in the Southwest, it’s been a summer of extreme weather.

These events are making the realities of climate change hard to deny.

We’ll discuss the effects climate change is having on the country and what it means for the future.

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