Wow, reading the title I was expecting it to just barely enter hurricane territory, but 180 kph is around 112 mph which is no joke. from the article: This is the dangerous part. Strong winds are...
Wow, reading the title I was expecting it to just barely enter hurricane territory, but 180 kph is around 112 mph which is no joke.
from the article:
“The reason being is due to every 1 degree of warming we experience, the atmosphere is able to hold 7 per cent more water vapour and therefore we see an increased chance of heavy rainfall associated with rainfall events,”
This is the dangerous part. Strong winds are bad, of course, but usually not fatal. Flooding, however, is much more severe. And it's also becoming a problem all around the globe for exactly the reason mentioned above. More heat -> more water in the air -> more flooding. Stay safe everyone.
I live in the area hit by this storm. Thankfully nothing was damaged around my house or my parents', although I know several barns in the area had their roofs blown off and I've seen pictures of a...
I live in the area hit by this storm. Thankfully nothing was damaged around my house or my parents', although I know several barns in the area had their roofs blown off and I've seen pictures of a bus shelter sitting upside down in a field not far from here. And of course some roads and bridges were closed, all air traffic was cancelled for a day, and even the ambulance boats had to stay in port.
For a 30-year storm, my particular area mostly got off lightly, although this storm hit more than 1000km of coastline, so I'm sure the damage was more severe in some areas.
Wow, reading the title I was expecting it to just barely enter hurricane territory, but 180 kph is around 112 mph which is no joke.
from the article:
This is the dangerous part. Strong winds are bad, of course, but usually not fatal. Flooding, however, is much more severe. And it's also becoming a problem all around the globe for exactly the reason mentioned above. More heat -> more water in the air -> more flooding. Stay safe everyone.
I live in the area hit by this storm. Thankfully nothing was damaged around my house or my parents', although I know several barns in the area had their roofs blown off and I've seen pictures of a bus shelter sitting upside down in a field not far from here. And of course some roads and bridges were closed, all air traffic was cancelled for a day, and even the ambulance boats had to stay in port.
For a 30-year storm, my particular area mostly got off lightly, although this storm hit more than 1000km of coastline, so I'm sure the damage was more severe in some areas.