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Biden Urges Climate Action After Ida: 'We Don't Have Any More Time'
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1:34Now PlayingPointing accusingly at climate change, President Joe Biden was in New Jersey Tuesday to tour the deadly Northeast flood damage and said he was thinking about the all families who suffered "profound" losses from the powerful remnants of Hurricane Ida.
After his stop in New Jersey, Biden planned to visit New York City, to survey the aftermath there, as well, and call for federal spending to fortify infrastructure to better defend people and property from future storms in the region and far beyond.
"Every part of the country, every part of the country is getting hit by extreme weather," Biden said in a briefing at the Somerset County emergency management training center attended by federal, state and local officials, including New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.
Biden said the threat from wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding and other extreme weather must be dealt with in ways that will lessen the devastating effects of climate change.
"We can't turn it back very much, but we can prevent it from getting worse," he said.
Biden added that scientists have been warning for decades that this day would come and that urgent action was needed.
"We don't have any more time," he said.
Biden's plan to spend $1 trillion on infrastructure nationwide is pending in Congress.
"I'm hoping to be able to see the things we are going to be able to fix permanently with the bill that we have in for infrastructure," he said as he left the White House.
On the way to the briefing, Biden's motorcade drove through a neighborhood where piles of damaged furniture, mattresses and other household items were stacked outside homes. The route also included many supporters of Republican former President Donald Trump with signs opposing Biden.
At least 50 people were killed in six Eastern states as record rainfall last week overwhelmed rivers and sewer systems. Some people were trapped in fast-filling basement apartments and cars, or were swept away as they tried to escape. The storm also spawned several tornadoes.
More than half of the deaths, 27, were recorded in New Jersey. In New York City, 13 people were killed, including 11 in Queens.
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