Sixty-one years ago this week, devastating rain caused death and destruction in the English village of Lynmouth. Ryan Bachoo, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad and Tobago, says the catastrophe may have been the result of human effort to manipulate weather. Thirty-five people died and entire buildings by the dozens were destroyed when a severe …

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  Manipulating the weather is no longer an impossible dream, writes Ryan Bachoo, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad and Tobago. Scientists are learning to influence droughts, rain and hurricanes, and turn them into weapons. For much of history, the idea of manipulating the weather was unthinkable. Yet Serbian-American engineer Nikola Tesla had the idea …

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Climate change is a fast growing threat to human health, writes Nancy Saili, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Solwezi in Zambia, as she describes the link between extreme weather and changing disease patterns. As the world continues to experience extreme weather events such as floods, droughts and heat waves, human health will be even more affected due to …

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