Our climate is changing. Scientists predict intensifying extreme weather patterns will reshape much of the United States within our lifetime. 

Many communities across the country are already experiencing that trend—wildfires in California, hurricanes along the East Coast, record-breaking heat waves in the Southwest. 

Spectrum News travels to Northern California with Anchor Amrit Singh, Florida with Anchor Ybeth Bruzual and Western New York with Anchor Josh Robin to take a look at what’s happening now in communities across the country and help decode the science behind these trends. 

We speak to Americans facing a difficult choice — in the face of worsening climate effects, when is it time to leave?  

And we’ll look to the future — and how we can prepare for a world reshaped by climate change.