Yet another superstorm, this one consisting of thunder, high-speed winds, and hail, is sweeping across the Midwest United States towards the east coast.
An estimated one in five Americans will be affected by this new superstorm. Winds in excess of 58 miles per hour are expected along the front lines, which span roughly 240 miles.
The National Weather Service has been busy warning the upwards of 64 million Americans in 10 states of the impending disaster. Major cities such as Chicago, Cincinnati, all the way through to Detroit, Baltimore, Washington, and Pittsburgh.
The Upper Midwest will bear the brunt of the storm, the weather service stated on its website: “The NWS Storm Prediction Center is forecasting a Moderate Risk of severe weather Wednesday afternoon and evening, including the development of widespread damaging winds, large hail and a few tornadoes, over parts of the Upper Midwest & Ohio Valley.”
Last year, a similar storm caused about $1 billion in damage across the exact same region. At least 13 people died, and dozens of others were swept up in winds in excess of 100 miles per hour. Power outages hit 4 million people and another 324 deaths were attributed to aftermath of a heat wave.
But how exactly are these superstorms formed? Katrina. Sandy. Tornadoes ransacking Oklahoma. Well – it has everything to do with global warming.
The rise in sea level due to melting ice caps makes storms spring up more destructively. A recent study found that “the sea level on a stretch of the US Atlantic coast that features the cities of New York, Norfolk and Boston is rising up to four times faster than the global average.”
Warmer temperatures mean more water vapor. The more water vapor in our atmosphere, the more rainfall. As much as 10% more, in fact. That creates a risk of flooding, like in New Orleans.
Heightened ocean temperatures make the courses of these superstorms nearly unpredictable. One thing is for certain though – they seem to be heading for more heavily populated areas.
Will yours be next?
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