What weather event caused the NSW floods and how climate change affected it - a podcast by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

Since last week, NSW has been in the grip of a severe weather event that has seen the state inundated with rain, thousands of people have been displaced from their homes due to evacuations and millions of dollars of damage has been caused leading the Insurance Council of Australia to declare an insurance catastrophe.

Today on Please Explain, Nathanael Cooper is joined by environment editor Peter Hannam to look at the terrible weather much of the country is experiencing and what impact climate change has had on it.

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