Weather The Storm

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These past few months have been filled with extreme weather in many parts of the world, and climatologists are trying to figure out what to make of it. VOAs Carolyn Presutti has the story.

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jet stream is not behaving normally causing floods in china and pakistan- heat in russia. scientists suggest no link to global warming…

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