Incredible what a hail storm did to an Austrian Airlines plane (A320), it landed safely, the pilots didn't see the bad weather coming on their weather radar. OS434 Palma to Vienna #AirbusA320#hail#extremeweather#austrianairlines
Study: Residential Electric Utility
Expenditures Projected to Reach Record Levels, Highest in 10 years
"Due to the unprecedented rise in summer temperatures and higher rates of extreme heat events
over the last ten years, the cost of summer cooling has risen from $476 in 2014 to a predicted
$719 in 2024. (This increase has been calculated by NEADA, based on NOAA temperature data
and EIA electric usage and price data..."
"Dozens of active and idle laboratories and manufacturing and military facilities across the nation that use, store or are contaminated with radioactive material are increasingly vulnerable to #ExtremeWeather. Many also perform critical energy and defense research and manufacturing that could be disrupted or crippled by fires, floods and other disasters."
Climate alarm for Brazil. Extreme weather is getting worse, the current floods in Rio Grande do Sul have made millions homeless and killed 200 people. According to the UN, Brazil already has 750,000 internal climate refugees, a number set to rise sharply. https://nos.nl/l/2521499 #ClimateChange#extremeweather#floods#brazil
"Searing #heatwaves could be a common theme this summer in parts of the United States and might make it one of the hottest on record, according to an updated outlook released Thursday by The Weather Company and Atmospheric G2.
The West Coast, from California to southwest Washington, might be the exception. "
Farmers in Nigeria — and other regions, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa — are suffering huge losses due to extreme weather shifts in quick succession, a phenomenon that researchers refer to as “weather whiplash.”
Research shows a connection between poverty and weather whiplash, and farmers in poorer regions are five times more exposed to drought-downpour cycles than people in wealthier regions.
#ClimateDiary 16th May 2024. Caught in a massive downpour on school run; another rainy, rainy day. Last April and May we were worried about drought, now the opposite. Then heard on R4 news that Sports England had released a report on how extreme weather is affecting physical activity in the UK, with so many flooded playing fields and tracks. And that they are now working in improving their emissions, to combat climate change. #ExtremeWeather#Sports
"#ViệtNam is forecast to see more than usual #ExtremeWeather events in 2024, including heatwaves and hailstorms, as climate change continues to have an impact."
i dont see tornadoes as a big threat to me in Chicago. but, i also dont want to be considering 'where is the safest place for me?' while a tornado is actively bearing down.
there have been some serious outbreaks of tornadoes very recently, and theyre ongoing. stay safe out there folks, and take a few moments; learn how to react if you are in tornado danger, and where is the safest place in your home