In this article, I’m going to explain why he’s right. Here are 7 reasons a global famine is just around the corner: 1. Record-Breaking Floods Floods are the most common natural disaster in the world, and they’re becoming more common and more deadly every year. This is the direct result of climate change. As the air gets warmer, it’s able to hold more moisture. In fact, for every degree Celsius rise in temperature, the air can hold  7% more water . This is one of the reasons floods are becoming more common as the planet gets warmer. In August of 2017, Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, and it was the single largest rain event in U.S. history, dumping as much as  60 inches of rain  in some places. According to climate scientists, Harvey flooded  twice as many homes  as it would have if there were no climate change. A few years later, in July of 2021, scientists  were shocked  by the scale of the floods in Germany. All over the country, precipitation records were smashed, topping previous dail