live now to professor tim benton, research director, environment and society centre. thank you very much forjoining us today, tim. lots of things of course influence the price we end up paying for ourfood, things like transport, wages and supermarkets. are the increases that we are seeing in the costs of food commodities being passed on to consumers in foal, orare being passed on to consumers in foal, or are they being absorbed, at least in some parts, in the supply chain? to a parts, in the supply chain? trr a certain extent, both. if you think back to our current period of inflation, where we ve had, post ukraine, post pandemic, a global cost of living crisis. sorry, i m getting a lot of feedback, i m getting a lot of feedback, i can t hear myself. thank you. global cost of living crisis, some of that is being driven by environmental effects, some of it being driven by politics, but as climate change increasingly bites, we are going to get a lot more pressure on everyday co
record activity in the 1946. and we know that this is also a big rainmaker of about 500 miles wide. it s going to keepchurningout rain. with more rain, that s going to increase the threat of flash flooding as well as landslides. we re already hearing about disturbing reports of areas in southern china and in hong kong, including one report of a house being swept away. and villages and outlying areas in the southeastern part of hong kong with waist-high water. we re goinging to be reporting on the aftermath next, but the storm is still at the highest level. the alert is out. we ll keep reporting for you right here on cnn. kristie le stout, thank you. and president trump is planning tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of chinese goods. we ll tell you how this will impact you if you re looking to buy a car, tv or anything imported from china. lilly.