Overheating planet has turned America’s winter into a freakshow
January has unleashed a string of extreme weather events across the United States.
On Wednesday, up to four inches of rain fell in southeast Texas with reports of heavy flooding across the Austin and San Antonio areas.
Earlier this week, a state of emergency was declared in San Diego, California, after a violent storm dropped three inches of rain in three hours – the city’s fourth-wettest day since record-keeping began.
Across the Midwest and Northeast, a generally mild December was followed by a brutal January with
