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CNN: Storm Ciarn batters Northwest Europe, killing at least 4 people and cutting 1 million off power grids
Storm Ciarán batters Northwest Europe, killing at least 4 people and cutting 1 million off power gridsTara Subramaniam
By Robert Shackelford, Laura Paddison, Joseph Ataman and Tara Subramaniam, CNN
Updated 3:57 PM EDT, Thu November 2, 2023
Paris CNN — Storm Ciarán has brought hurricane-strength winds to France, the Channel Islands and southern England, leaving more than a million people without access to electricity and forcing hundreds of schools to close.
The storm has claimed at least four lives, two in France and a further two in Belgium.
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The human-induced climate crisis is making some storms more frequent and intense. As the Earth’s atmosphere warms, it is able to hold more water vapor — so when it rains, it rains much more intensely.
“There are a lot of attribution studies and other lines of evidence showing that autumn/winter storms like this are more damaging because of climate change,” said Friederike Otto, senior lecturer in climate science at the Grantham Institute, Imperial College London. “The rainfall associated with these types of storms is more severe due to climate change, and the storm surges are higher and thus more damaging due to the higher sea levels.”
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By Robert Shackelford, Laura Paddison, Joseph Ataman and Tara Subramaniam, CNN
Updated 3:57 PM EDT, Thu November 2, 2023
Paris CNN — Storm Ciarán has brought hurricane-strength winds to France, the Channel Islands and southern England, leaving more than a million people without access to electricity and forcing hundreds of schools to close.
The storm has claimed at least four lives, two in France and a further two in Belgium.
…
The human-induced climate crisis is making some storms more frequent and intense. As the Earth’s atmosphere warms, it is able to hold more water vapor — so when it rains, it rains much more intensely.
“There are a lot of attribution studies and other lines of evidence showing that autumn/winter storms like this are more damaging because of climate change,” said Friederike Otto, senior lecturer in climate science at the Grantham Institute, Imperial College London. “The rainfall associated with these types of storms is more severe due to climate change, and the storm surges are higher and thus more damaging due to the higher sea levels.”
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