Climate change, the UN agreement, and a Bering Sea storm — not a tropical cyclone?
Typhoon Melor (Nona)
- Widespread [link url=”http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2015/12/15/Typhoon-Nona-red-alert.html” title= ” power outages in the Philippines“], including Samar Island.
- Typhoon Melor [link url=”http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2015/12/15/Typhoon-Nona-slightly-weakens-approaching-Romblon.html” title=”slightly weaker as it approaches“] Romblon.
- [link url=”http://www.weather.com/storms/typhoon/news/typhoon-melor-nona-philippines” title=”Flooding is likely to be a serious problem“] with Typhoon Melor, with storm surge up to a possible 3 meters (10 feet).
UN Climate Change Agreement
- The UN Paris Climate Change Agreement is [link url=”http://www.carbonbrief.org/the-paris-agreement-on-climate-change-the-world-reacts” title=”reacted to across the globe and those reactions vary“], including its unprecedented success in gaining signatories, and its voluntary nature that lacks any enforcement abilities.
- It is [link url=”http://www.vox.com/2015/12/12/9981020/paris-climate-deal” title=”argued that the plan is not adequate enough“], and does not invoke changes quickly enough to stop the unprecedented warming of the atmosphere.
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Bering Sea Storm – Hurricane Force Winds – Not a Tropical Cyclone?
- The [link url=”https://amuedge.com/its-a-category-1-right/” title=”storm that battered“] the Aleutian Islands over the weekend had one of the [link url=”http://www.weather.com/news/weather/news/aleutian-storm-alaska-bering-sea-record” title=”lowest recorded pressures in the northern Pacific“], at 938.9 mb or 27.73 inches. One report indicates that winds were [link url=”http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/Massive-storm-blasts-Alaskas-Adak-Island-with-117-mph-winds-361705011.html” title=”gusting at 70 mph for approximately 18 hours, with gusts above 100 mph“] for at least 5 hours.