Weather extremes gripping US bear climate crisis ‘fingerprint’, experts say

There are flooding rains in Hawaii, rare snow in Alabama and a severe heatwave in the west coast

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The US is experiencing a striking mix of weather extremes this March. Flooding rains in Hawaii, rare snow in Alabama, flip-flopping temperatures in the north-east and, perhaps most concerning, a severe heatwave affecting the west coast are raising questions about how strange these patterns really are, and what role the climate crisis is playing.

Experts suggested that people around the US need to pay closer attention to the climatecrisis and do what they can to “minimize the impacts”.