rolling a die, for example. but climate change is kind of loading the die and predetermining what s going to happen. i want to look at the devastation in western europe. i saw some articles blaming experts for not giving people enough advance warning. i mean, that may be true in sort of a hyper specific meteorological sense, but as you said from the outset there, the outcry from climateologists was deafening because they said they ve been predicting this effect for years. how do you translate the warnings of increased risk into better warning and infrastructure to cope with these growing extreme weather events? so, unfortunately if you re living on a flood plane in germany or belgium or the netherlands, you should be aware of this risk. the chance of flooding is increasing over time. the probability of those box cars, double 6s coming up is increasing as the years go by. their call forewarning system is
investments that we need to make to cut down on carbon emissions and slow the process of the climate crisis. we have a question, mr. secretary, from emily wilkins from durham, north carolina, a state that could see significant flooding as hurricane dorian makes its way toward there. she s a retired middle school teacher. emily? thank you. this is a very common and very personal question. the credit union, the state employee s credit union in north carolina, my husband and i own our one and only 2,000 square foot house which is in the 500-year flood plane. we are required to carry fema flood insurance, but it rises in cost 18% every year. we may lose our house at some point when we can no longer afford the insurance. what proposals of yours would help us stay in our home? thank you very much for that
for more than 40 years microsoft has lived in fairburn where the flood plane may have to move soon. coastal villages truckin by rising sea levels and there s no money to repair dikes and dams. russell feels abandoned tunnels was already exists but he s not going to give up his home without a fight. to minutes on t.w. . and on demand. language courses. video and audio. media center. earth home to millions of species.
shepard: good to see you, gerri the governor of iowa asking for a disaster declaration. an air force base in nebraska canceling a major airshow. and in illinois, look at these drone pictures just outside rockford. damages across the midwest rising to $3 billion. all of this as forecasters predict that there is more rain in the forecast for the midwest coming this week and weekend. fox drone over a flood plane. la so why am i still thinking about this? i ll take aleve. aleve. proven better on pain. but allstate actually helps you drive safely. with drivewise. it lets you know when you go too fast. .and brake too hard.
stations based in miami beach specifically but they evacuated three. they left one in place because they believe it s going to be above the flood plane. that shows you the limited personnel that s going to be on hand today. as the eye wall of iermy approaches southern florida. michael. all right, derek, thanks very much. derek van dam there on duty for us. he commanded the military response to hurricane katrina in 2005, great to have you and your expertise here. you handled a lot of logistics when it came to hurricane irma. one thing the prepositioning is happening. fema leans forward, we establish logistic bases.