Scientists exploring role of climate change in devastating floods

Daniel Shugar, a geologist at the University of Calgary in Canada, was one of the first scientists to suggest Wednesday's flash flooding event could have been caused by glacial activity. As we have reported, it was initially believed that the flooding was caused by an earthquake-triggered landslide. However, the US Geological Survey has since confirmed there was no tremor, and the seismic event was instead a collapsing glacier. Speaking to the BBC, Shugar says more events of this kind have taken