while damaging or destroying thousands of homes. and on the other side of the world, the extraordinary heat wave that killed well over 2,000 in india. that trace the cause of it all to the very top of the world. here is cbs news correspondent kris van cleave. reporter: may took texas from drout to destructive floods , while on the other side of the globe excessive heat turned deadly in india. in a paper published today researchers from rutgers university offered an explanation for why, arguing climate change in the arctic is slowing the jetstream over the northern hemisphere, leaving the weather increasingly prone to repeat. climatologist dave robinson. everything flow, and with it weather patterns persist over areas for longer periods of time. that could make a wet situation dangerously wet. it could make a heat wave dangerously long. reporter: typically the jetstream would move storms from west to east across the u.s. in may it funneled storm after storm to texas and
month in the southern plains while damaging or destroying thousands of homes. and on the other side of the world, the extraordinary heat wave that killed well over 2,000 in india. that trace the cause of it all to the very top of the world. here is cbs news correspondent kris van cleave. reporter: may took texas from drout to destructive floods , while on the other side of the globe excessive heat turned deadly in india. in a paper published today researchers from rutgers university offered an explanation for why, arguing climate change in the arctic is slowing the jetstream over the northern hemisphere, leaving the weather increasingly prone to repeat. climatologist dave robinson. everything flow, and with it weather patterns persist over areas for longer periods of time. that could make a wet situation dangerously wet. it could make a heat wave dangerously long. reporter: typically the jetstream would move storms from west to east across the u.s. in may it funneled st
more extreme weather like the flooding that killed at least 30 people last month in the southern plains while damaging or destroying thousands of homes. and on the other side of the world, the extraordinary heat wave that killed well over 2,000 in india. they traced the cause of it all to the very top of the world. here is cbs news correspondent kris van cleave. reporter: may took texas from drought to destructive floods, while on the other side of the globe, excessive heat turned deadly in india. in a paper published today researchers from rutgers university offered an explanation for why, arguing climate change in the arctic is slowing the jet stream over the northern hemisphere, leaving the weather increasingly prone to repeat. climatologist dave robinson. everything slows, and with it, weather patterns persist over areas for longer periods of time. that could make a wet situation dangerously wet. it could make a heat wave dangerously long. reporter: typically, the j