What do you get when you combine extreme rains with tornado strength winds? You get rain bombs, and climate change is making them worse.
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MOVE OVER TORNADOES.
THERE’S A NEW DISASTER IN TOWN.
RAIN BOMBS.
WITH A RAIN BOMB, THE AIR HITS THE GROUND AT SUCH FORCE THAT IT CREATES TORNADO STRENGTH WINDS. [i]
THIS RAIN BOMB FELL IN TUCSON ARIZONA AND DROPPED 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN HALF AN HOUR. [ii]
FALLING TREES KNOCKED OVER POWER LINES … AND CAUSED 20,000 PEOPLE TO LOSE POWER. [iii]
RAIN BOMBS WILL ONLY GET WORSE BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING. [iv]
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM HITS HOT, DRY AIR, THAT AIR IS IS SUCKED INTO THE STORM, AND THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS SUDDENLY COLDER. [v]
THAT COLDER AIR CAN THEN DROP QUICKLY AND BRING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF RAIN WITH IT. [vi]
CLIMATE CHANGE IS CAUSING WARMER AND WETTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. [vii]
THAT MEANS THESE STORMS ARE GOING TO GET MORE INTENSE.
AND IT WON'T BE JUST YOUR PATIO FURNITURE YOU'LL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
IT'LL BE YOU.
THESE ARE #CLIMATE FACTS.
Sources:
[i] Weather.Gov. Microbursts. www.weather.go...
[ii] Tucson.com. Sunday's storm dropped like a bomb, blasts north-central Tucson. June. 27th. 2016. tucson.com/news...
[iii] Ibid.
[iv] Grist.org. From heat domes to rain bombs, climate change is changing how we talk about weather. Aug. 3rd. 2016. grist.org/clim...
[v] Quartz.com. The rare weather phenomenon that produced a giant mushroom cloud in Arizona. Jul. 20th. 2016. qz.com/736341/...
[vi] Ibid.
[vii] Grist.org. From heat domes to rain bombs, climate change is changing how we talk about weather. Aug. 3rd. 2016. grist.org/clim...
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