Is extreme weather our most urgent challenge? Hundreds of thousands of people have been told to leave Florida, where Hurricane Milton is due to make landfall today.
Forecaster’s tears over monster storm
Leave now: Floridians have been warned Milton could be the worst storm to hit the state in 100 years, with "unsurvivable" storm surges. Evacuation is a matter of life and death, urges President Joe Biden. Glossary
Hurricane - A storm with violent winds that move in a circular direction.
Apologise - Say sorry.
Florida - A coastal state in the south-east of the US, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Though nicknamed "the sunshine state", it also experiences phenomenal rainstorms.
Evacuation - Leaving an area due to danger, often temporarily.
Droughts - A time when there is not enough water and the ground is very dry.
Artificial Intelligence - Artificial intelligence, or “AI,” is the ability for a computer to think and learn. With AI, computers can perform tasks that are typically done by people, including processing language, problem-solving, and learning.
Covid-19 - The official scientific name for the type of coronavirus that swept the world from March 2020.