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Extreme weather events like the recent flooding in the Midwest may not be so extreme anymore. One government agency is monitoring changing weather patterns and thinking: changing climate.
Flooding in the Midwest has some wondering if extreme weather is a fluke or an indicator of a changing climate. Host Bruce Gellerman talks to Richard Heim, chief of the Climate Monitoring Branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, about extreme weather events in U.S. history, and predictions for the future.