as i turn one 80, from here it s just gone. out side spokane, the great fire devastated multiple communities. we had about half an hour to get out. sandy hastings and her husband fled their vacation home. now they are staying in a red cross shelter. waiting to see what is left of the rubble. devastating. with us now to discuss, doctor michael mann. distinguished professor and director of the pence center for science, sustainability and the media at the university of pennsylvania. author of the new book, our fragile moment. how lessons from earth s past can help us to survive the climate crisis. it is available september 26. it seems like this extreme weather is now just a fact of life. how do we reckon with that? alicia, it s good to be with you. unfortunately, we are seeing climate change and all of its guises in the form of extreme heat, record heat, record wildfires, record floods.
because we are expecting emmanuel macron to visit the construction site. it is four years ago, the eve of the great fire that partly destroyed it. back in a moment. good morning. it is going to be another day dominated by sunny spells and sharp and thundery downpours for many of us. so if you have seen some early morning sunshine, i hope you managed to get out and enjoy it a little. it does become quite messy as we go through the day. we had a line of more heavy persistent rain from these weather fronts that are slipping their way south and east over into france. the heaviest of the rain across south west england and south wales over the last few hours and as it pushes its way through the channel isles, we ll see a fair amount of cloud and some showery outbreaks of rain almost anywhere across the channel coast. at the same time, we ll see a line of more heavy thundery downpours developing across wales, up through the midlands, into eastern england through the afternoon, some of these r
that was hugh schofield there. we re just going to take you to france. you may not recognise recognise that but those are two of the towers of notre dame in the capital of paris. the reason we are showing you that is president macron is due to visit what is essentially a construction site after that fire on the 15th of april 2019. site after that fire on the 15th of april2019. so, mr macron visiting the site of the fire. the reconstruction is of course taking place on the eve of the anniversary of the fire that partially destroyed notre dame. there has been considerable work taking place at the cathedral itself. it will be interesting to see if there are any members of the public that are also at that site, who potentially could heckle mr macron, because that did take place recently on a visit to the netherlands. we will bring you those pictures as and when we get it, on the day that we expect a
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