Climate change making extreme weather events worse: UN
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.
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