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Weather-Related Blackouts Doubled Since 2003: Report
2014-04-10 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Climate change is causing an increase in many types of extreme weather. Heat waves are hotter, heavy rain events are heavier, and winter storms have increased in both frequency and intensity. To date, these kinds of severe weather are among the leading causes of large-scale power outages in the United States. Climate change will increase the risk of more violent weather and more frequent damage to our electrical system, affecting hundreds of millions of people, and costing Americans and the economy...
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