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turbinetree

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Sun Sep 13, 2020, 11:03 PM Sep 2020

Experts expect disasters to get even worse after 2020 due to climate change



By Associated Press -September 13, 2020 1:00 PM
'The outlook could not be any more grim. It's just a horrifying prospect.'

A record amount of California is burning, spurred by a nearly 20-year mega-drought. To the north, parts of Oregon that don't usually catch fire are in flames.

Meanwhile, the Atlantic's 16th and 17th named tropical storms are swirling, a record number for this time of year. Powerful Typhoon Haishen lashed Japan and the Korean Peninsula this week. Last month it hit 130 degrees in Death Valley, the hottest Earth has been in nearly a century.

Phoenix keeps setting triple-digit heat records, while Colorado went through a weather whiplash of 90-degree heat to snow this week. Siberia, famous for its icy climate, hit 100 degrees earlier this year, accompanied by wildfires. Before that Australia and the Amazon were in flames.

Amid all that, Iowa's derecho — bizarre straight-line winds that got as powerful as a major hurricane, causing billions of dollars in damages — barely went noticed.

https://americanindependent.com/natural-disasters-fire-climate-change-flood-hurricane-typhoon-drought-future/

As my wife said, we are now Australia ...............
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Experts expect disasters to get even worse after 2020 due to climate change (Original Post) turbinetree Sep 2020 OP
Keeping denying climate change, conservatives. It will be your graves. Initech Sep 2020 #1
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