Status: 07.09.2021 9:42 p.m.
Hurricane “Ida” raged from the south of the USA to the densely populated northeast – with devastating consequences. For US President Biden, this sends a clear signal: Climate change must be combated.
After the devastating storm in the northeastern United States, US President Joe Biden warned of the rapidly advancing climate change during a visit to the disaster area. In the United States, the realization “that global warming is real,” he said in the state of New Jersey. “It is advancing at an incredible rate. We have to do something about it.”
Biden spoke of a “turning point where we will either act or we will be in real trouble. Our children will be in real trouble.”
The threat of forest fires, cyclones, floods and other weather events must be addressed in a way that mitigates the devastating effects of climate change.
Many dead, especially in the northeast
Storms as a result of hurricane “Ida” had led to heavy rainfall with catastrophic flooding in the northeast of the USA last week. Dozens of people died. The states of New Jersey and New York were hardest hit. Before that, “Ida” had already wreaked havoc in the southern states of Louisiana and Mississippi. In total, at least 50 people were killed in the northeast alone.
Biden had already visited the disaster area in the southern states on Friday. “Every part of the country is hit by extreme weather conditions,” he said. Climate change cannot be reversed, but it can be prevented from getting worse.
According to an estimate by the budget office, the damage caused by “Ida” is likely to cost the US government at least 8.3 billion euros.
Climate change is an important goal of the Biden government
Biden announced that he would take part in the UN world climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, in November. However, he did not provide any information on whether he would like to travel in person or be connected online.
The US President has made the fight against climate change one of the most important goals of his administration.
Biden examines storm damage in New Jersey: “Climate change is here!”
Antje Passenheim, ARD New York, September 7, 2021 10:07 p.m.