Climate change and extreme weather
6 Minute English

Climate change and extreme weather

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 3, 20266 min
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Every year we see damage, death and destruction caused by hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons - tropical storms. Is climate change making this impact worse? Climate change may be making this destruction worse. Phil is joined by BBC weather presenter and meteorologist Sarah Keith-Lucas to learn more about this and teach you some new vocabulary. Get a free worksheet, quiz and transcript for this episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2026/ep-260903 Practise your listening with The Listening Room here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the_listening_room ...

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how exactly is climate change affecting extreme weather?

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English in your podcast app to find our other programmes. Or find much more at bbclearningenglish.com. 6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Phil. It seems that we're hearing about more and more terrible weather events, but

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how exactly is climate change affecting extreme weather? I'm lucky today to be joined by BBC weather forecaster, meteorologist and presenter Sarah Keith-Lucas. Hi, Sarah. Hi, Phil. It's great to be here.

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