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Environmentalists have warned and continue to warn us: expect more of these extreme weather conditions as we globally battle with climate change.
Already we are seeing climate migration the world over… although small at present, and sometimes only temporary, should conditions continue to worsen, it could steeply increase people fleeing disaster areas permanently. Late on Wednesday night, the US National Weather Service issued its first-ever flash flood warning for New York heavy rain flooded subway lines and streets in Manhattan, Brooklyn and New Jersey.
For one, the increasing global surface temperatures, because of climate change, brings with it the possibility of more droughts and increased intensity of storms. And as more water vapour evaporates into the atmosphere it becomes fuel for more powerful storms to develop. More heat in the atmosphere and warmer ocean surface temperatures can lead to increased wind speeds in tropical storms.As with most things it is usually the poor that will feel the effects of climate change the most.
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