The Facts
On Monday, South Korean authorities reported that at least 40 people had been killed and over 10K residents were displaced after a weekend of heavy rain caused devastating floods and landslides across the country.
The deceased include 13 corpses recovered from a flood-hit 685m (2,247ft) underground tunnel in the central city of Cheongju. The death toll may rise as rescuers continue to retrieve trapped travelers.
The Spin
Narrative A
Increasingly severe rainstorms and flooding are linked to global warming and climate change, as warmer weather allows air to retain more water vapor, which is why we must implement policies to cool the global temperature to save lives and billions of dollars in damage.
Narrative B
Modern-day doomsayers have predicted climate and environmental disasters for decades, but what we are seeing now are natural cycles. From 'the next ice age' to epic floods, none of the apocalyptic predictions have come true so far; why would this time be any different?