Royal Society: Expect Massive Expansion Of Extreme Weather Events, Associated Costs, Death Tolls

Global weather will become increasingly extreme, with the planet facing rising surfacing temperatures, higher sea levels and flash flooding.

In the next 100 years the most vulnerable people, either elderly populations or those living in extreme poverty, will face increasing risk from shifting weather patterns, according to a report published by The Royal Society. The 124-page inquiry, ‘Resilience to extreme weather’, comprehensively details what we can expect in the coming 100-years and how best to tackle the challenges faced.

From 1980 to 2004 the total cost of extreme weather came to – conservatively - $1.4 trillion, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Of this sum, only one quarter was insured damage.

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And in the next 100 years top scientists explain this may only worsen. The impact of flooding is expected to quadruple - while boiling hot summers will increase 10-fold.
The impact report was calculated by estimating the chances of people being affected by floods, droughts and heatwaves around the world. Warning that although their results attempted to track extremes, the report said the natural variability of global weather – and lack of detailed data available – indicated there might be even more “unprecedented extremes, meaning that the past may not remain a good analogue for the future.”

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http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-global-weather-predicted-to-become-increasingly-extreme-despite-warnings-9886320.html