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 in California
California had the hottest summer in 2024 so hot. The wildfire had occurred in increased sickness for a lot of people and even dead. The wildfires in Los Angeles burned down thousands of acres destroying lots of houses and buildings. Next is storms, the latest storm in Southern California is possibly record breaking while heavy rain is causing flood and even causes the most powerful atmospheric river flood in Los Angeles. The heavy rain, Los Angeles hits fire ravaged areas and possibly causing rockslides.