12-29-2015, 12:35 PM
It's effin' freezing here in the mornings, but that's the worst of our comparatively petty weather woes.
It's been confirmed that 47 people died over the weekend due to tornadoes, blizzards, severe thunderstorms and floods. Eleven people were killed in Texas, ten in Mississippi, six in Tennessee, eight in Missouri, five in Illinois, two in Alabama, two in Georgia and one in Arkansas.
Unfortunately, the brutal storms aren't over yet. Fortunately, they're expected to end soon.
The cause of the storms is being attributed to El Niño, a warming of the eastern Pacific Ocean, mainly along the equator. El Niños occur every two to seven years in varying intensity, and the waters of the eastern Pacific can be up to 7 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than usual.
At least 69 tornadoes have touched down in the United States in just the past week; the average is 24 for the entire month of December.
Flooding causes many more deaths in the country than tornadoes do. And there have already been about 400 reports of rivers flooding in the country.
In some places, the rainfall hasn’t stopped for weeks. Portland and Seattle have been drenched with rain every day in December.
And the United States isn’t alone. The UK and South America are dealing with their own massive flooding.
http://ktla.com/2015/12/29/brutal-weathe...ed-deaths/
It's been confirmed that 47 people died over the weekend due to tornadoes, blizzards, severe thunderstorms and floods. Eleven people were killed in Texas, ten in Mississippi, six in Tennessee, eight in Missouri, five in Illinois, two in Alabama, two in Georgia and one in Arkansas.
Unfortunately, the brutal storms aren't over yet. Fortunately, they're expected to end soon.
The cause of the storms is being attributed to El Niño, a warming of the eastern Pacific Ocean, mainly along the equator. El Niños occur every two to seven years in varying intensity, and the waters of the eastern Pacific can be up to 7 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than usual.
At least 69 tornadoes have touched down in the United States in just the past week; the average is 24 for the entire month of December.
Flooding causes many more deaths in the country than tornadoes do. And there have already been about 400 reports of rivers flooding in the country.
In some places, the rainfall hasn’t stopped for weeks. Portland and Seattle have been drenched with rain every day in December.
And the United States isn’t alone. The UK and South America are dealing with their own massive flooding.
http://ktla.com/2015/12/29/brutal-weathe...ed-deaths/