How is climate change fueling flooding, and what’s being done to address it?
Residents on Chicago’s West Side are still dealing with flood damages after last week’s storm, with more rain expected this week.
Parts of western New England have gotten months worth of rain in just a few days, leading to massive flooding. In Chicago, residents saw more than the average rainfall for the entire month of July in one day.
Reset learns how climate change is affecting rainfall and hears what local nonprofits and elected officials are doing to combat climate change and reduce flooding.
GUESTS: Trent Ford, Illinois state climatologist
Kyra Woods, policy director for the Chicago’s environment and sustainability team
Margaret Frisbie, executive director of Friends of the Chicago River; member of the Greater Chicago Watershed Alliance
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How is climate change fueling flooding, and what’s being done to address it?
Residents on Chicago’s West Side are still dealing with flood damages after last week’s storm, with more rain expected this week.
Parts of western New England have gotten months worth of rain in just a few days, leading to massive flooding. In Chicago, residents saw more than the average rainfall for the entire month of July in one day.
Reset learns how climate change is affecting rainfall and hears what local nonprofits and elected officials are doing to combat climate change and reduce flooding.
GUESTS: Trent Ford, Illinois state climatologist
Kyra Woods, policy director for the Chicago’s environment and sustainability team
Margaret Frisbie, executive director of Friends of the Chicago River; member of the Greater Chicago Watershed Alliance