President Biden says Hurricane Ida shows ‘climate crisis’ has struck

The president said he will further press Congress to pass his nearly one trillion dollars infrastructure bill to improve roads, bridges, the electric grid and sewer systems

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President Joe Biden has pledged robust federal help to states battered by Hurricane Ida and for western states beset by wildfires — with the catastrophes serving as deadly reminders that the “climate crisis” has arrived.

“These extreme storms, and the climate crisis, are here,” Mr Biden said in a White House speech. “We must be better prepared. We need to act.”