Unusual Storms Intensifying In Malaysia As Climate Warms - AFP

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Rising temperatures from global warming are creating violent storms in Malaysia which have killed several people and set buildings ablaze, a report said Sunday. Malaysia has experienced an unusual run of wet weather in recent months, with almost daily thunderstorms triggering car alarms and lightning strikes setting buildings alight.

The warmer weather is forcing more moisture into the air and leading to the storms, the Star daily quoted environmentalist Gurmit Singh as saying. "These are the chain reactions resulting from the changes in weather as it is all part of rising temperature or global warming," said Singh, executive director of the independent Centre for Environment, Technology and Development Malaysia.

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The heavy rain is creating big traffic jams in the capital, with roads deluged by flash floods and drains overflowing, while accidents are on the increase. Last week lightning killed two men and injured two others during heavy rain, while a family was evacuated from their Kuala Lumpur home after it was struck and caught on fire. A lightning strike on Friday on a fuel storage tank in a port depot in Malaysia's south triggered a spectacular inferno that took hours to contain.

Singh said the climatic extremes were also related to the cyclical La Nina, a weather phenomenon that affects the sea surface temperature in the central and eastern tropical Pacific.

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http://www.terradaily.com/2006/060430064735.v9jrelsg.html

[Oversea Visitor]

1. Yes it is noticeable

I am sure it is same in US. Do not need the freaking so call expert to tell us it is not happening.
We fucking seeing it and living through it.

[cliss]

2. A little on the strange side

The lightning sounds really weird.