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FILE - People walk over a stone dam, that is normally covered by water, towards the "Maeuseturm" (mice tower) in the middle of the Rhine River in Bingen, Germany, Aug. 12, 2022. Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. There are now deadly floods, oppressive heat waves, killer storms, devastating droughts and what scientists call unprecedented extremes as predicted in 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)