{"id":39919,"date":"2018-10-31T05:59:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T10:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=39919"},"modified":"2018-10-31T05:59:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T10:59:47","slug":"weather-disasters-climate-change-and-the-potential-for-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=39919","title":{"rendered":"Weather Disasters: Climate Change and the Potential for Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weather Disasters: Climate Change and the Potential for Conflict<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Photo Source U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

East Island was an uninhabited remote island in the Hawaiian chain, but it was an important refuge for wildlife:\u00a0 Many of the endangered Hawaiian monk seals numbering about 1400 raised their young on that island; others like the green sea turtle and the albatross used it as a shelter.\u00a0 Not any more because Hurricane Walaka washed\u00a0away\u00a0most of the island a few days ago.<\/p>\n

It was not the only major Pacific storm last week for category 5 Typhoon Yutu devastated the Northern Marianas, a U.S. territory.\u00a0 It was reputedly the worst U.S. storm since 1935.\u00a0 Perhaps happenstance, but the rise in mean temperature due to global warming also exacerbates storms.<\/p>\n

In September, Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina\u00a0 \u2014 51 people died.\u00a0 The next month Hurricane Michael slammed the Florida panhandle at 5 mph short of a category 5, a record for the area.\u00a0 Following just a few days after the IPCC (October 8, 2018) report on restricting global warming to 1.5 C, it seemed like nature\u2019s affirmation.\u00a0 The residents of the area have not yet recovered from the devastation.\u00a0 The same is true in Puerto Rico and the other affected areas where over 3000 people reportedly have lost their lives due to Hurricane Maria\u00a0a year ago.\u00a0 It followed on the heels of Irma tearing through several other Caribbean islands before arriving in Florida.\u00a0 And Harvey flooded Houston causing a record $125 billion in damage.<\/p>\n

Across the Atlantic, there have been heavy rains in Turkey where a 300 year-old bridge was washed away, and flooding in France, Wales and Scotland.\u00a0 Hurricane Leslie targeted Portugal weakening fortunately to a tropical storm before landfall, and last year Hurricane Ophelia skirted past, its winds fanning wild fires in Portugal and Spain before becoming the worst storm to hit Ireland in 50 years although not at hurricane force, having dissipated in the colder northern waters.<\/p>\n

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