The Great Climate Migration Has Begun

[David Lockmiller]

The following are two stories published in today’s Washington Post:

1. A derecho devastated crops in Iowa
A derecho is a line of intense, widespread, and fast-moving windstorms and sometimes thunderstorms that moves across a great distance and is characterized by damaging winds.

Satellite imagery shows the extent of the damage.
More than 10 million acres, or 43 percent, of the state’s corn and soybean crop suffered damage from the storms on Monday that brought winds exceeding 100 mph at times.

2. Baghdad’s record heat offers glimpse of world’s climate change future