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By Nandita Bose LEXINGTON, Ky (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday surveyed the damaged houses, uprooted trees and mud-filled roads left by severe flooding in eastern Kentucky and linked the devastation to climate change. Extreme hot weather hit the region as families struggled to recover from flooding caused by torrential rains that began in late July. At least 37 people died, and some survivors escaped the fast-rising water with little more than their lives. “As you all know, we’ve suffered the consequence of climate change, a significant number of weather catastrophes around the n…