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Extreme weather ‘new normal’ due to climate change: US emergency chief after tornadoes hit country #IndiaNEWS
Extreme weather events such as the tornadoes that hit at least six American states over the weekend will be the “new normal� due to the effects of climate change, the country’s Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Deanne Criswell said on Sunday, reported CNN.“The effects we are seeing of climate change are the crisis of our generation,� Criswell told CNN.Several tornadoes have ripped through multiple states of the country, including Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri, leading to dozen deaths and several missing. The toll was earlier said to be over 80, but recent updates from a badly-affected candle factory in Kentucky suggested that it could be lower.Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear had told reporters on Sunday morning that over 70 killed were killed and that the toll could exceed 100 in the state. However, later in the day, the governor said that the toll could be as low as 50 after state officials received updates from the candle factory whose roof had collapsed, reported AP.“We are praying that maybe original estimates of those we have lost were wrong,� he said. “If so, it’s going to be pretty wonderful.�Bob Ferguson, a spokesperson of the candle company Mayfield Consumer Products, said that among the 110 people who were at the factory, eight...Read more

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