In a flash: floods devastate Europe

Published: July 19, 2021, 10:08 a.m.

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Disaster-recovery efforts continue, even as heavy rains continue in many places. The tragedy brings climate change to the fore, with political implications particularly in Germany. Syria\\u2019s oppressive regime is short of cash, so it has apparently turned to trafficking in an increasingly popular party drug. And why kelp farms are bobbing up along America\\u2019s New England coast.

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