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A study has found the atmospheric river event that hit B.C. with floods in November 2021 was made 60% more likely due to human influence on climate.
Climate change is hurting us, and a global report released today warns the impact on people's health — especially the elderly, the young, and the vulnerable — will get far worse if leaders fail to commit to more ambitious climate targets at COP26.
July 25, 2021 Share News that the mercury had hit almost 50 degrees Celsius in British Columbia reminded me of once reporting from Sibi in Balochistan in 1977 where it felt as if I was being ironed by a hot press. The skin sizzled under the unrelenting heat of the desert sun that blinded one despite the dark sunglasses and a make-shift hat for shade. But Sibi was a desert town where not a shrub grew, not picturesque British Columbia where the image of forests, lakes and seashore mountainous backdrop gave a sense of comfort and calmness. Not this summer. Lytton, a town in central Briti...
Article content While BC sizzled, hundreds of people died in Germany and Belgium because of rivers breaking their banks and flooding entire towns. In Mumbai, India, more than 30 people died after an intense burst of rainfall caused a landslide and wall collapse. Officials said this was because of changing monsoon patterns due to climate change led to more extreme rains across India. Elsewhere, in Japan, at least 100 people are feared dead after record rainfall caused flooding and landslides. A government spokesman said since Thursday parts of western Japan had received three times the usual r...
"An event of this extremity would have been virtually impossible in the past," said co-author Sarah Kew of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. "But we are going to be seeing more intense and more frequent heat waves in the future." The end of June and early July saw unheard-of temperatures across B.C. and Alberta. The community of Lytton, B.C., reached nearly 50 C and was engulfed days later by a wildfire. During the heat, sudden and unexpected deaths tripled in B.C. to 719 and weather is believed to have been a significant contributor. "We've never seen a jump in record tempera...