Spate of extreme weather events tell a deadly tale

December witnessed a spate of extreme global weather events, from deadly tornadoes in the southern U.S. to bushfires in Australia — and the latest development is a series of record-breaking floods in the United Kingdom, brought on by torrential rain starting in the first week of the month.

Thousands of homes in the north of England are believed to have been affected already, and the region is reeling again from a new wave of flooding just brought in this week with the onset of Storm Frank.

Read The Washington Post story - “Record flooding in the U.K. is just the latest symptom of both El Nino and climate change.”