Floods and Mudslides on Three Continents, As Drought Hits Africa. By Mark Tran, Guardian (UK), August 9, 2010. "Regions across the world have been buffeted by extremes of weather, drought and floods. Sometimes an area is hit by one extreme, followed soon after by another, Niger being a case in point. In the case of floods in Pakistan, the Met Office says high pressure over Russia has forced the jet stream much further south than usual this year and this pattern has remained almost stationary over recent weeks. Therefore low pressure has been sitting over Pakistan longer than normal, intensifying the monsoon rains. 'The extremes of rainfall are getting heavier and are entirely consistent with climate change predictions,' said Helen Chivers, a spokeswoman with the Met Office."
2010-08-16
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