Title: How Climate Change Is Fueling Extreme Weather | Earthjustice
Headings: How Climate Change Is Fueling Extreme Weather
How Climate Change Is Fueling Extreme Weather
Carbon pollution is contributing to climate disasters that will only get worse unless we take action.
Why is this happening?
1. Winter storms hit harder
2. Hurricanes are becoming more intense
3. Sea level rise causes flooding
4. Wildfires burn longer and wider
5. Extreme heat gets hotter
6. Drought conditions persist
7. Warmer temperatures drive increases in precipitation
What can we do?
We can solve our climate crisis by moving urgently to zero carbon emissions and 100% clean energy.
Take action today

Content: In recent years, California has become ground zero for meteorological turmoil. With record dry, hot conditions across the state, seasonal high winds (known as Diablo in Northern California and Santa Ana in the southern part of the state) caused destructive wildfires to grow and spread at an unprecedented rate. Temperatures in California’s Death Valley recently reached upward of 130°F on the region’s hottest days recorded in over a century. In Northern California, drought and wildfires combined with erratic winds to create the destructive weather phenomena known as a fire tornadoes. California wildfires have burned more than 3 million acres already this year — an area the size of Connecticut — making 2020 the biggest fire season in state history. The five largest fires on record in California have occurred in the last three years. The Camp Fire in 2018 — California’s most destructive, and deadliest, wildfire in history — destroyed an average of one football field worth of land every three seconds and killed 68 people, according to Cal Fire. And it’s not just California. Oregon, Washington, and Colorado have also seen explosive fires that have forced thousands to evacuate, claimed lives, and destroyed homes and businesses. Close Section
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