In the Northern Hemisphere in 2017 and 2018 brought several destructive hurricanes to the shores of North America, the Caribbean, and throughout the Pacific rim. Such extreme weather events are predicted to get more common and more severe with increasing climate change.
Several participating classes in the ISCFC were or are in the path of these storms and we hope for the best for them, their families and communities.
We would love to hear from students affected directly and indirectly by extreme weather events, and also any students who have been following the news this summer.
What are your thoughts about the connection between climate change and extreme weather events? Has this hurricane season increased your concern about climate change or not? Do you think that US citizens and residents (and others in the region) will take climate change more seriously now?
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Extreme Weather
Extreme weather is extreme climate events that include unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather. Some examples of extreme weather are tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, lightning, hail storms, dust storms, blizzards, and ice storms. Tornadoes are dangerous vertical funnels of spinning air that are formed when wind variations with height support rotation in the updraft. Hurricanes are giant, spiral, tropical storms that contain heavy rainfall. They are formed when warm air over water begins to rise. Floods are when there is heavy rainfall in a short amount of time, resulting in water overflowing in normally dry areas. Lighting is extreme weather during thunderstorms. Each bolt of lighting can have up to one billion volts of electricity. Hail storms are when pieces of ice fall from the clouds. They can happen whether it's warm or cold. Dust storms are when strong winds carry dust over an area, making it hard to see and breathe. Blizzards are when there is heavy snow, ice, and freezing temperatures over a long period of time. Ice storms are when rain freezes as it lands. These are examples of extreme weather.
Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/acti … -on-earth/