Climate change to increase global disasters

"앨버타 대형산불 끝이 아니다?" 지구온난화로 인한 재난 급증
As hundreds of firefighters and some two dozen air tankers battle Canada's massive wildfires, scientists and other experts say prolonged modern droughts and climate change are creating a new perfect storm of super fires and other extreme weather events.
Arirang News' Hwang Hojun explains.

"The Fort McMurray fire has burned through an area about twice the size of Hong Kong and nearly 25-percent larger than New York City, forcing more than 80,000 local residents to evacuate.
Experts in Canada and other countries are pointing to climate change as a major factor, and they predict similar incidents could follow because of global warming.
If we take a look at recent trends,...
Last year was filled with extreme weather patterns, and modern climate records were broken around the world.
Along with multiple intense tropical storms in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean,
record-breaking precipitation led to flooding that affected tens of thousands of people across South America, West Africa and Europe.
Extreme heat waves, especially in India and Pakistan, led to thousands of deaths in those countries.
And North America experienced an unusually warm year, with an extreme drought that ultimately contributed to the conditions that fueled the disastrous wildfire.
The World Meteorological Organization says a strong El Nino and human-induced climate change are responsible for the climate extremes.
Given that, scientists say the gargantuan wildfire in Canada is just the start of weather extremes, and related disasters, to come."

Calling the Alberta wildfires a "train wreck," University of Arizona climate scientist Jonathan Overpeck told the AP it's just one example of how climate change can cause such disasters.

Less than a month has passed since the signing of the monumental Paris climate agreement, as world leaders came together to tackle global warming.
The Paris deal marks a bold step, but the firestorm in Canada shows it will take much more time and effort to address the problem.
Hwang Hojun, Arirang News.

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