Fires. Floods. Freak storms. Droughts. Why it’s only going to get worse. August 24, 2010By Cathy Gulli and Tom HenhefferMcLeanshis homeland, and burned alive dozens of his countrymen, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin boarded an amphibious aircraft to witness the blazes for himself. Within a few minutes of sitting in the passenger compartment, Putin—never one to resist a fight, or a photo op…