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diagnosed with skin cancer. he announced the news on his virgin radio show this morning, after returning from time off. he said the mark on his leg would be removed next month, and he urged others to get themselves checked. you re live with bbc news. millions of americans are under flood and high wind warnings after southern california was hit by its first tropical storm in 80 years. storm hilary has now been downgraded, but it has left a trail of destruction. chelsea harvey is a climate reporter for e&e news by politico. thanks forjoining us on the programme. storm hilary, how are you covering that, because this is quite an unusual event? it covering that, because this is quite an unusual event? an unusual event? it is, it is a very unusual an unusual event? it is, it is a very unusual event, an unusual event? it is, it is a very unusual event, it - an unusual event? it is, it is a very unusual event, it is - an unusual event? it is, it is a very unusual event, it is the l an unus
work is taking place to establish the link to climate change, but scientists already fear some worst case scenarios are unfolding. our climate reporter georgina rannard reports. sweltering temperatures in spain and dangerous wildfires in greece. millions have struggled through powerful heatwaves around the world in recent days. now scientists are poring over a run of climate records that have not only been broken, but smashed, and alarm bells are ringing. it s true to say that the models, the climate models that we have, do a very good job of predicting the climate system, but in the kind of larger scale. so, the fact that we re seeing the world warming because of greenhouse gases is not unexpected. but seeing some of these records being broken, you know, these marine heatwaves in the north atlantic, the severe decrease in antarctic sea ice was not expected, and is something that we re going to have to work to try and understand. and this is why they re worried.