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Extreme Weather
- Increasing temperatures means the World is likely to see less frosty
days and cold spells, but we are expected to experience an increase
in heat waves and hot spells
- Greater risk of drought in continental areas
- Increase in extreme precipitation events
- Hurricanes likely to be more intense in some parts of the World due
to more rainfall and more intense winds
- An intensification of the Asian summer monsoon is expected
- There will be regional variation in temperature changes; increases will be higher over land and in the northern hemisphere
- However the temperature increase over the North Atlantic will be small
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