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What Next TBD: Why Extreme Weather Keeps Surprising You

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Impacts of Climate Change on Extreme Weather Events

The chapter delves into how climate change is intensifying extreme weather events by altering weather patterns. It explains how rising temperatures are leading to more severe thunderstorms, increased precipitation, droughts, and wildfires. While weather forecasting has advanced, the chapter addresses why some people still view weather forecasts as unreliable and the challenges in predicting localized weather phenomena like thunderstorms.

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