Climate change made April's catastrophic floods worse, report finds

A photograph of the flooding in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on April 4. .

Climate change intensified the catastrophic floods that swept through several U.S. states at the beginning of April, a new report has found.

At least 15 people have died as a result of the flooding, which devastated states like Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky between April 2 and 6. The southern Midwest and parts of the southeastern U.S. also experienced multiple rounds of tornadoes at the same time, which killed at least 9 people.