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Climate change making extreme weather events worse: UN

By AFP
Nigeria Climate change has made deadly heatwaves and hurricanes more frequent and more intense in recent years, the UN says.  By Jewel Samad AFPFile
NOV 8, 2016 LISTEN
Climate change has made deadly heatwaves and hurricanes more frequent and more intense in recent years, the UN says. By Jewel Samad (AFP/File)

Marrakesh (Morocco) (AFP) - Climate change has made deadly heatwaves and hurricanes, along with droughts and flooding, both more frequent and more intense in recent years, according to a UN report released Tuesday.

More than 50 percent of major extreme weather events from 2011 to 2015 showed the telltale fingerprint of human-induced global warming, the World Meteorological Organization reported on the sidelines of UN climate talks in Marrakesh.

Originating at www.huhuonline.com

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