Midwest Floods. (cover story)

The article reports on the release of the report "Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate," by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program in the U.S. amidst flood in Iowa and Illinois. According to the report, heavier rains, hotter heat waves, longer droughts and fiercer tropical storms are attributable to human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. Tom Karl, one of the authors of the report, said that people will increasingly experience more extreme weather and climate events. INSET: WHERE IS GOD IN THE STORM?.