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Video: Historic tornadic weather extremes in mid-December

By Peter Sinclair

Think back to mid-December. It’s not easy.But for the moment forget things like the Christmas, Hannukah, and New Years holidays. And set-side briefly the frightening wind-blown fire that ravaged parts of Colorado near Boulder; the…

01/06/22

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Boston Globe

In a record-breaking year of weather, signs of a changed world

By Sabrina Shankman Photo: Luke Sharrett , Bloomberg

Sometimes climate change is measured in numbers — degrees warmed, greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, extreme highs, acres burned. Sometimes it’s measured in memories — of long-ago December mornings, when the temperature often dipped down…

12/28/21

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The Washington Post

Historic U.S. weather events in 2021, by the numbers

By Jacob Feuerstein Photo: Evelyn Hockstein , Reuters

From record-shattering heat to frigid waves of cold, torrential downpours to relentless drought, 2021 has been a year of extremes in the United States.

12/27/21

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The Washington Post

2021 brought a wave of extreme weather disasters. Scientists say worse lies ahead.

By Sarah Kaplan and Brady Dennis Photo: Josh Edelson , Getty Images

Scores of studies presented this week at the world’s largest climate science conference offered an unequivocal and unsettling message: Climate change is fundamentally altering what kind of weather is possible, and its fingerprint can be…

12/17/21

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Science News

How a warming climate may make winter tornadoes stronger

By Ariana Remmel Photo: KSOSTM

Though tornadoes can occur in any season, the United States logs the greatest number of powerful twisters in the warmer months from March to July. Devastating winter tornadoes like the one that killed at least…

12/16/21

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The Washington Post

Cold, heat, fires, hurricanes and tornadoes: The year in weather disasters

By Zach Levitt and Bonnie Berkowitz Photo: Noah Berger/AP

Vicious wind and tornadoes put a deadly exclamation point on the end of an extraordinary year for extreme weather in the United States.

12/15/21

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CNN

‘This is not normal’: Extreme weather events stun CNN meteorologist

By Tom Sater Photo: CNN

The Midwest is experiencing unprecedented weather with extreme heat and tornado force winds. CNN meteorologist Tom Sater said "this is not December weather."

12/15/21

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USA Today

‘We can expect more’: Did climate change play a role in the deadly weekend tornadoes?

By Doyle Rice Photo: Chandan Khanna , Getty Images

A devastating tornado outbreak across five states Friday night left dozens of people dead and reduced hundreds of homes to rubble, and some scientists say this may be the harbinger of future tragedies as the…

12/13/21

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The Washington Post