Do you know that number of category 5 & 4 hurricanes has almost double up in last 30 years US set up all time record of 1,717 tornadoes while Japan set all time record of 10 typhoons. The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active, repeatedly shattering previous records. . The impact of the season was widespread and ruinous with at least 2,280 deaths and record damages of over $128 billion USD . Of the storms that made landfall,five of the season's seven major hurricaness—Dennis, Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma—were responsible for most of the destruction.total storms in 2005 is 28,hurricanes 15,major hurricanes(CAT3) -7.
The current year also saw powerful hurricanes - Bertha, Dolly,Gustav, Ike, Hanna.
Malaria has spread to higher altitudes in places like the Colombian Andes, 7,000 feet above sea level.At least 279 species of plants and animals are already responding to global warming, moving closer to the poles.More than a million species worldwide could be driven to extinction by 2050.
Heat waves will be more frequent and more intense.Year 2003 saw all time records in deaths resulting from Heat waves. 15,000 deaths in France, 1,400 deaths in Netherlands, Portugal 13,000 deaths, Italy 20,000 deaths, UK 900 deaths, Spain 100 deaths. India saw 1400 deaths in 2003.
The flow of ice from glaciers in Greenland has more than doubled over the past decade.The Arctic Ocean could be ice free in summer by 2050.Global sea levels could rise by more than 20 feet with the loss of shelf ice in Greenland and Antarctica, devastating coastal areas worldwide.
Droughts and wildfires will occur more often. Severe droughts in West Africa and in many other parts of the world will simply increase. Wildfires have also drastically increases
We all must do something about it before its too late.Saurabh Das
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