So many people dont think that Climate Change is real. No, no, no, no it just was extremely hot and everyone was starting to get worried, day by day, until it happened. Temperatures will climb well into the 405, making conditions even worse on our fire grounds. The footage that i took of the fire was shot on the gopro that i had actually got for christmas, five days before the event. It was on a very hot day to begin with, and so that made the fire, i think, a lot more aggressive. In the afternoon, i got the first glimpse of the fire coming over one of the mountains in front of us. Its so much smokier over there. It then started behind our house. I and i was ust standing up there, i thinkingh this is happening. Need to get off the roof now and start fighting. Whoa, kangaroos ok, its coming this way shall i get the other pump going . What . What can i do . The fire was just too intense and out of my control. Dad and if india had been in earshot at the time, i was wanting her to get into that fire shelter and just give up, its over, were. Weve done the best we can. 0h. Oh, no no, no, no, no it did get really intense and i thought we were going to lose the house. Um. But itjust. Calmed down for a second and the fire kept going up the mountain. Oh, yeah it has completely and utterly changed the landscape here for the rest of my life, if not forever. As far as any of the tall trees, mostly all of them have been wiped out. Were right still in the middle of this heatwave, certainly as we head into the christmas period. Child grizzles. Thats what happens when you wake at 5 30 and dont sleep in your own bed. Look whats in this santa sack. So, theres very strong evidence, irrefutable evidence, in fact, that the Climate Of Australia has changed, especially over the last 50 or 70 years. I specialise in heatwaves, so i study how heatwaves have changed over time and whats causing those changes. I have a two year old and a four year old daughter. It really bothers me that the world that theyre experiencing now is a lot different to my childhood. You also got a water bottle ive experienced days of 45 and 47 degrees celsius, and that was appalling, it was atrocious. You couldnt do anything. The only way we could stay cool in Western Sydney was to have the air con running all day, and that was a really hard thing for me to do. During my first pregnancy, it was so hot that i actually struggled to go and put the washing on the line and, you know, while i was literally about to bring this child into the world, i was thinking, what will the summers be like for her in the future . What happened. . Baby cries. It was the hottest day ever recorded in the sydney basin. Incredibly, the mercury rising to almost 49 degrees. Because Population Increase in sydney is continuing, its spreading out west. The Australian Dream, where you had your half acre or acre block and your own house, this Australian Dream could become basically australias nightmare. You need a car to actually get from your house to work, because were also not providing work where you live, you have to commute. Also, there are no shops. People living indoors and you dont see anyone outside, i dont see any kids playing outside. They even put black roofs on top of these houses and then they built them so close together that you have no more space left to actually put trees in, which is crazy when you think of the next 20 or 30 years, where we know its getting just hotter out there. In australia, were producing our energy, to a large proportion, by burning fossil fuels, meaning were producing more c02 by having all these air conditioning units running high, flat out. But there could be simple changes made, and these changes relate to materials. One of the projects where we are demonstrating change is the cool roads trail. Lets take the Heat Stress Trackers and put them out in this cool street and collect some measurements on this stinking hot day. This yellow concrete is only at about 60 degrees, so nearly ten degrees cooler than the asphalt, just out on the road, which measured at about 70, 72 degrees. Its quite interesting. They removed all the bitumen and you can see the different surface materials, bringing in the verges, planting more trees, so i think its a great idea. Beyond 42 degrees, mortality increases, substantially. This is what Climate Change looks like, ladies and gentlemen. In november 2018, up to one third of the entire Australian Spectacled Flying Fox Population just died in a matter of two days. Two hot afternoons. Just like that. So, over the last few years, weve begun Installing Sprinklers in flying fox camps, in the hope that they can prevent some of the worst of the mortality. The International Report has australia last when it comes to policies that protect the climate, trailing countries like russia, iran and china. If he said we were doing better than anyone else, he must have looked at the table upside down. Our goal is to reach net zero emissions as soon as possible and preferably by 2050. Were not going to reduce our emissions to make two degrees warming by the end of this century. Were not going to reduce our emissions to make two degrees warming by the end of this century. I know that were probably going to reach three or four degrees. And i know what that means for how many more heatwaves were going to see and how much hotter those heatwaves will be. Sweetheart, youre meant to be unpacking, not packing. As a scientist, i know how bad the future looks. I understand all that, i comprehend all that, thats what i do for a living, but as a mum, as a person, i guess, as a human being, i really struggle with just how bad those impacts will be. Im worried for my future. Im worried that this house wont be here in another five years. And im worried that no one really cares enough to do anything. So, what plants do you think we should plant in our backyard, in our new house . I want strawberries. You want strawberries . The brand new house is going to be awesome because were going to make it energy efficient. Were going to have lots of solar panels and a white roof and lots of insulation, and its going to be orientated the right way, and an adaptor to charge an electric car, when we can buy it. I know weve caused some problems and i know we also hold the key to the solutions. What else do you like to eat that you think we can grow in our yard . How about some apples . 0h, mummy likes apples. Siren. Music plays. She chuckles. Hello there. Certainly was quite an eventful start to our weekend with storm betty pushing north, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. A pretty grey and blustery start in northern ireland. Here we had 46 millimetres of rain from storm betty, but the story improved and actually we had some sunshine and some warmth coming through by the end of the afternoon, temperatures in Lincolnshire Peaking at 25. 9 celsius. So this was the story then on saturday with storm betty anchored to the north west, starting to drift its way a little bit further westward. So as we go through the day on sunday, we will have more cloud the further north and west and a few scattered showers to begin with. And then into the afternoon, perhaps some more showers developing across west and half of england and wales. Further east, drier settled with some sunshine and temperatures, well, 17 to 21 degrees for scotland and northern ireland, perhaps peaking at 24 or 25 degrees, 77 fahrenheit for england and wales into the first part of next week, low pressure will move in from the north and it will bring showers or longer spells of Rain Across Scotland and northern ireland. Some blustery winds as well. For england and wales, it stays largely dry with showers fairly isolated and with a south westerly Wind Direction, those temperatures will start to climb and to feel quite pleasant. Temperatures peaking at 26 degrees here, 16 to 21 under the cloud and the rain. A similar story as we move into tuesday. Always the risk of some showers continuing into the far north and west and a few along west facing coasts. But therell be plenty of sunshine and plenty of warmth. It will feel quite pleasant. Once again, those temperatures peaking widely into the mid 20s across central and southern england. But by the middle part of the week we are expecting a change, a Weather Front could potentially bring some wetter weather and as this drifts its way steadily eastwards, the Wind Direction will swing around to a fresher northwesterly. So that means that were going to lose some of that warmth. The russet tones disappear back to the near continent. It will be a cooler story towards the end of the working week. So further north it looks likely it will stay cool and showery at times with temperatures mid to high teens. But even across england and wales and no small difference to the feel of the weather, although we might not see that much rain in the far south east. This is bbc news. Hurricane hilary is fast approaching california putting the southern part of the us state under its first Tropical Storm watch. British columbia is under a State Of Emergency as wildfires continue to rage across northern canada. And russias First Lunar Mission in half a century suffers an � emergency� just days before its expected landing. Hello, im carl nasman. We begin the programme with something that has never happened before in southern california, the Us National Weather service issuing the areas first ever Tropical Storm warning. Hurricane hilary is on its way. The storm has just been downgraded to a category two hurricane, with winds of up to 110 miles per hour. Its expected to make landfall soon in mexico. Locals are preparing for the storm, here in the resort of cabo san lucas. There are warnings of � potentially catastrophic� flooding, although forecasters think the storm will lose some of its wind speed as it reaches southern california. Preparations are also under way there, including work to shore up hillsides. 0fficials there are worried about landslides and major flooding. Speaking on friday, President Biden asked locals to listen to official warnings. Nearly 26 Million People in the south western us are now under a flash flood warning. As Hurricane Hilary makes its way up the the pacific coast. Mexicos government has placed 18 thousand soldiers on standby to assist in potential rescue efforts. The head of the Us Federal Emergency Management Agency says the agency