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Current Extreme Weather: Florida And Australia & Climate Change [1]
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Date: 2023-12-17
From the Associated Press 12.17.23
Storm drenches Florida and causes floods in South Carolina as it moves up East Coast
An intense late-year storm barreled up the East Coast on Sunday with heavy rains and strong winds that shattered rainfall records, forced water rescues from flooded streets and washed out holiday celebrations.
“It’s not just the areas that we normally see flooding, that are flood-prone,” Georgetown County spokesperson Jackie Broach said. “It’s areas that we’re not really expecting to have flooding issues...It’s like a tropical storm, it just happens to be in December.”
Rising sea levels driven by human-caused climate change mean even relatively weak weather systems can now produce storm surges previously associated with hurricanes, said Meteorologist Jeff Masters, co-founder of the Weather Underground. In South Carolina that’s worsened by natural subsidence along the coast.
apnews.com/…
From the BBC 12.17.23
Queensland floods: Airport submerged and crocodiles seen after record rain
Thousands of people have been evacuated but others remain stranded.
Extreme weather driven by a tropical cyclone has dumped a year's worth of rain on some areas.
Australia has been plagued by a series of disasters in recent years - severe drought and historic bushfires, successive years of record-breaking floods, and six mass bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef.
A future full of worsening disasters is likely unless urgent action is taken to halt climate change, the latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warns.
www.bbc.com/…
From Earth Justice 7.19.23
How Climate Change Is Fueling Extreme Weather
Human activity is causing rapid changes to our global climate that are contributing to extreme weather conditions.
When fossil fuels are burned for electricity, heat, and transportation, carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that traps solar radiation, is released into our atmosphere.
The fight to preserve a livable planet touches everyone. Together, we can drive transformative change in service of the earth and justice for its people.
earthjustice.org/…
If you google “extreme weather events climate change”, you will get a plethora of reputable sites and articles about this topic.
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