President Joe Biden said that the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Ida is a reminder that “these extreme storms and the climate crisis are here.”Speaking at the White House in remarks carried by the major cable news networks, Biden outlined a series of steps that the administration is taking to respond to the disasters, including urging insurance companies to pay out claims and to ensure cell phone service from alternate carriers.Citing not just the devastation and flooding in Louisiana and Mississippi and, last night, in New York and New Jersey, Biden connected the intensity of the storms to climate change.
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