U.S. President Joe Biden stressed global warming’s role in natural disasters on Thursday as he toured parts of California after three weeks of deadly "atmospheric river" storms inflicted floods and mudslides on a state long plagued by drought and wildfires. "If anybody doubts that the climate is changing, then they must have been asleep during the last couple of years," Biden said at Seacliff State Beach along the Santa Cruz coastline, where a crumpled pier stood as testament to the destructive force of the recent storms.
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