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Did climate change cause Peru's flooding?

Interview: Irene Quaile March 23, 2017

Peru has been hit by devastating floods after rivers along the Peruvian coast burst their banks as a result of unseasonal heavy rains. Dozens of lives have been lost, and thousands more thrown into chaos as homes are cut off or washed away, and power supplies fail. In an interview, Mojib Latif, professor of oceanology and climate dynamics, discusses whether the floods were caused by climte change.

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