World New Year in unusually hot weather

The world welcomed the New Year 2016 in the unusually hot temperatures rising Arctic on 0 degrees Celsius, deadly tornadoes in Texas, scorching sun in Australia and serious flooding in England and Missouri.


Australians go swimming against the fierce heat new year - Photo: SMH

According to AFP, a round of intense low pressure in the North Atlantic has pushed Arctic temperatures up to 2 degrees Celsius to 20 degrees Celsius higher than the average temperature of winter. In recent years, the Arctic is a region that suffered the most from the consequences of climate change phenomenon.

Arctic temperatures have risen 3 degrees C above the pre-industrial era. Low pressure in the North Atlantic are pushed temperatures up to eastern Canada 15.9 degrees C, 20 degrees C is also higher than the average temperature of winter.

In the US, tornadoes and floods have claimed the lives of at least 49 people. Water levels on the Mississippi River 4m higher than normal, claimed the lives of 13 people. In Missouri, floodwaters submerged hundreds of homes. In the south, the terrible tornado devastated Texas.
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In Australia, an extraordinary heat wave pushed temperatures south of the country up to 38 degrees Celsius, causing widespread forest fires. In France, strangely warm weather makes all kinds strawberries, asparagus and flowers blooming virgins results in the French Riviera flourish.

In Spain, high temperatures lead to more forest fires in the north. Meanwhile, many cities in Italy to limit vehicle to combat air pollution. Pollution becomes worse due to dry and hot weather.

However, in the UK record rainfall led to flooding in northern unprecedented. The ancient city of York under water, thousands of people evacuated in time to welcome the new year. Unusual weather also caused fierce storm in the North Sea, forcing hundreds of workers at the oil rig to evacuate.

Experts said the weather phenomenon El Nino combined with climate change has led to extreme weather phenomena everywhere. Professionals of Meteo-France Lecou Jerome said El Nino this year belongs to the strongest in the last 100 years.

Professor Piers Forster of the University of Leeds in the UK also affirmed that climate change associated with El Nino has caused many regional temperature soared. The experts are concerned with the El Nino continue raging until mid 2016, the global weather in the new year will be even worse.

St. Louis, Missouri in the US under water - Reuters

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