'We need to stop making excuses for inaction,' said the nation's climate minister in a fiery speech. 'We cannot put our heads in the sand when the beach is flooding. We must act now.'
Many people are displaced and some were forced to swim from their homes to safety after rivers burst their banks.About a quarter of a million people are without power. Falling trees have smashed houses, and landslides have carried others away and blocked roads.of people trapped on rooftops, surrounded by raging water, for hours while they awaited rescue.that her 22-year-old daughter had to climb out of her bedroom window in the middle of the night and swim to safety as flood waters rose.
He said it was not "too soon" to make it clear that the devastation being witnessed was directly related to soaring global temperatures. "This is climate change," he declared.
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