He then changed tack when scientific projections showed a quarter of a million people could die in the United Kingdom.

At the point at which the president said we need to ease the lockdown, it was based on scientific projections…, the minister said.

The scientific projections envisage rainfall continuing to decline in a country that is already one of the hottest and driest in the world.

The Obama-era standard required that builders factor in scientific projections for increased flooding and ensure projects can withstand rising sea levels and stronger downpours.

The Department of Water and Sanitation has since conducted scientific projections that prove hot temperatures will continue until the end of the summer season.

We are seeing extreme weather events, increased temperatures, and the West Antarctic and Greenland ice-sheets melting at unprecedented rates, decades ahead of scientific projections.