Australia: More ferocious storms, floods seen heading for Queensland
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Pastor Dale Morgan
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Australia: More ferocious storms, floods seen heading for Queensland
* By Stephen Johnson
* From: AAP
* February 04, 2011 5:12PM
QUEENSLANDERS should brace for more ferocious storms and floods in the wake of Cyclone Yasi, climate researchers say.
Warmer temperatures are expected to produce more intense torrential downpours, particularly in the state's tropical north.
"For Queensland, this is likely to spell storms and floods of increasing ferocity over a greater part of the state," The Climate Institute says in a fact sheet released today.
The think tank's chief executive John Connor is calling for urgent measures to arrest global warming as north Queensland recovers from the category five cyclone.
"Sadly, Australia must prepare for more of these types of catastrophic events and even greater extremes as climate change drives more frequent and more intense wild weather," he said.
Last year tied with 2005 as the warmest on record.
The January floods in Queensland and the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria have been linked with warmer conditions brought on by carbon emissions.
Record hot spells in central Australia are also symptomatic of global warming, the institute says.
A fortnight of temperatures above 40 degrees at Yulara, near Uluru, during January has been cited as an example of extreme weather.
Australia: More ferocious storms, floods seen heading for Queensland
* By Stephen Johnson
* From: AAP
* February 04, 2011 5:12PM
QUEENSLANDERS should brace for more ferocious storms and floods in the wake of Cyclone Yasi, climate researchers say.
Warmer temperatures are expected to produce more intense torrential downpours, particularly in the state's tropical north.
"For Queensland, this is likely to spell storms and floods of increasing ferocity over a greater part of the state," The Climate Institute says in a fact sheet released today.
The think tank's chief executive John Connor is calling for urgent measures to arrest global warming as north Queensland recovers from the category five cyclone.
"Sadly, Australia must prepare for more of these types of catastrophic events and even greater extremes as climate change drives more frequent and more intense wild weather," he said.
Last year tied with 2005 as the warmest on record.
The January floods in Queensland and the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria have been linked with warmer conditions brought on by carbon emissions.
Record hot spells in central Australia are also symptomatic of global warming, the institute says.
A fortnight of temperatures above 40 degrees at Yulara, near Uluru, during January has been cited as an example of extreme weather.
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