Severe weather events due to global warming

Barcaldine gets record rainfall after years of drought

Barcaldine gets record rainfall after years of drought Source: AAP

The World Meteorological Organisation has reported record levels of warming in 2011-2015. It says the extreme weather conditions like superstorm Sandy in the US and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines were partly caused by global warming.


Ua aumaia se lapata'iga mai le faalapotopotoga a malo aufaatasi e gafa ma mataupu i le tau, le World Meteorological Organisation o se matati'a i le maualuga o le vevela o le tau i le paneta na malolimauina i le 2011 e tau i le 2015.

 

Na faaalia e le sui failautusi aoao o le World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), Elena Manaenkova, o tausaga 2011-2015 o le 5 tausaga aupito vevela ia talu ona amata faamaumauga i le tau....

 

MANAENKOVA

"The conclusions are very clear that that was the warmest five-year period on record. We also confirm that 2015 was the year when the global surface temperature exceeded one degree, and it links to the debate during this climate conference and the Paris Agreement targets."

 

O le maliega le Paris Agreement na seti ai le tapulaa i le aofai o le Kasa le CO2 e puaina e faaogaina ai le Koale ma isi minerale e atunuu auai i le maliega, ae e foliga mai e leai se atunuu ua ausia lea tapulaa.

 

Faalia e se saeanisi sinia o le WMO, Omar Baddour e malosi lona talitonuga, o le vevela o le paneta ua mafua ai suiga matuia i le tau e pei ona molimauina nei...

 

BADDOUR

"From this report there were about 79 extreme (weather) events which have been analysed through the period of 2011-2015, and it comes out from the analysis that at least 50 per cent of those extreme events have been attributed either directly or indirectly to the fact of man-made climate change."

 

E fai ma faataitaiga:

 

- i le 2011-2012 o le tetele ma le umi o le mugala i le Horn of Africa na matelaina ma maliliu ai le lata i le 300 afe tagata,

- i le 2013 o le afa malosi oTyphoon Haiyan na maliliu ai le lata i le 8,000 tagata i le atu Filipaina;

- ma Superstorm Sandy i Amerika i le tausaga na te'a nei.....

 






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