Climate Glimpse: heat and a hurricane descend on the US, other wild weather around the world

As Hurricane Beryl batters Texas and extreme heat blankets much of the US South and West, the world is set for another week of wild weather that human...

As Hurricane Beryl batters Texas and extreme heat blankets much of the US South and West, the world is set for another week of wild weather that human-caused climate change makes more likely.

Beryl made landfall around the middle the Texas coast near Matagorda with a dangerous storm surge and strong winds in the early hours of Monday. The powerful storm previously devastated parts of Mexico and the Caribbean.

It's the earliest a storm has ever reached the wind speeds of a Category 5 hurricane, fueled by the ocean being as warm in June as it typically would be in September after months of summer sun.

Beryl is just one example of extremes that are fueled by climate change.