Wed.Aug 24, 2022

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Rare and Severe Weather Events Are Now More Common Thanks to Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

It was a major hurricane in 2017 that underwent rapid intensification and stalled between two opposing pressure systems. Hurricane Harvey in Houston is another example of this. The result was that Hurricane Harvey rainfall exceeded the 1000-year extreme precipitation for the Houston metro region.

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The Stream, August 24, 2022: China Issues Drought Alert Amid Record High Heat and Declining Water Supplies

Circle of Blue

In 2017, a hurricane drowned Houston. That wasn’t the first time Texans failed to prepare for water crises. In 2011, an earlier deep freeze caused blackouts. That same year, Texas was ripped by a harsh drought that wrecked crops and caused panics over water shortages. Water supply is in a precarious state across the southern industry hub.

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