Cheddar Explains: How Climate Change is Driving Migration
Cheddar News reporter Chloe Aiello explains how climate change is driving migration, particularly in Central American countries. "There are two major ways that climate change is driving migration in Central America. Extreme weather and changes in rain and patterns that have impacted crops," she said.
Awakened by howling winds that tore through his Maui neighborhood, Shane Treu went out at dawn and saw a wooden power pole suddenly snap with a flash, its sparking, popping line falling to the dry grass below and quickly igniting a row of flames.
The wildfire that swept across Maui a week ago turned one of the nation’s most celebrated island vistas into an ashen moonscape and killed at least 99 people, a number that officials warn could rise by scores as the search continues.
