Hurricane Fiona shows how climate change is fuelling severe weather events in Canada: expert
The world has already warmed 1.1 C above the preindustrial average. Scientists at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expect that, at 2 C of warming, hurricane wind speeds could increase by up to 10 per cent.
This trend is worrying for cities and communities that are vulnerable to being damaged by these weather events, according to McBean.Canada needs hard targets on disaster resilience, climate advocates say “We have to try and make sure that our building infrastructure is built stronger so that when a major wind of a hurricane hits, it doesn’t blow apart as it might.”
“When the hurricane forms, it not only creates more precipitation … but that wind will also drive more waves on. And so the coastal communities are the ones particularly at risk,” said McBean.According to the government of Canada website, the Atlantic provinces, like Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, “will experience the largest local sea-level rise” in the country.
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