Luke 21:25 ““And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves
Important Takeaways:
- Fact checks: Experts say extreme weather events are increasing in severity, not decreasing
- Data shows climate events are wreaking more havoc
- Randall Cerveny, a rapporteur on extreme records for the United Nations and World Meteorological Organization, told USA TODAY extreme weather events are increasing in severity.
- The data shows increasing severe weather events of many kinds, said Alison Gillespie, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spokesperson. NOAA data shows a steady increase in billion-dollar climate events since 1980.
- Heat waves occur three times more often now than they did in the 1960s, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Data also show increase in droughts and wild fires
- Since 2000, the western United States has experienced some of the driest conditions on record
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