The United States experienced some of the most extreme weather events in its history this spring, including deadly outbreaks of tornadoes, near-record flooding, drought and wildfires. Damages from these disasters have already passed $ 32 billion, and the hurricane season, which is just beginning, ...
on March 13, 1993, it was covered in 20 inches of snow. The extreme weather was termed the "Superstorm of 1993" by the National Weather Service because of its strength (equal to a Category 3 hurricane) and size. At one point, the storm system ran from Eastern Canada...
EXTREME weatherHEAT waves (Meteorology)CLIMATE changeTEMPERATUREBecause they are rare, extreme weather events have critical impacts on societies and ecosystems and attract public and scientific attention. The most unusual events are regularly documented as part of routine climate monito...
This past month saw one of the most devastating storms in history brings death and destruction on the Philippines. The number of lives lost is still being calculated but it is already sitting above five thousand. In the flurryof news about the storm and its after-math the cries of “I tol...
level,the world will face an average temperature__25__ of around 3°C this century.Serious impacts are associated __26__ this scenario (情景),including sea-level rise,shifts in growing seasons,and an __27__ frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as storms,floods and ...
Christiana Figures, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said, “We are witnessing ever more frequent extreme weather events, and the poor and vulnerable are already paying the price.” Scientists claim that storms like Typhoon Haiyan are an inevitable result...
deadly disaster.“In my 40 years as a meteorologist (气象学家), this was one of the most shocking weather events I've ever witnessed,"says Jeff Masters, at Yale Climate Connections. “Watching these storms on Friday night, my thought was, Is no season safe?'Extreme tornadoes in December....
Today, it happens to be the last Thursday of the month, so we can enjoy free guided tours, talks, and events at the National History Museum. Remember, we have to leave there at 1:00 p.m. Finally, we’ll arrive at the National Gallery. It’s an 1800’s building, home to over ...
technically, a large truck that rumbles down the street is causing a mini-earthquake, if you feel your house shaking as it goes by; but we tend to think of earthquakes as events that affect a fairly large area, such as an entire city. all kinds of things can cause earthquakes:...
It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, paving the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the nations involved. The war drew in all the world's economic great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies and the Central Powers of ...