Tag: natural hazard

• Late-Season Tornadoes Devastate the United States

  

  This article looks at the November and December tornadoes experienced throughout the United States in 2021. Background Generally speaking, tornadoes can occur any time of the year. Whenever hot, moist air close to the ground collides with cooler, drier air above, thunderstorms and unstable air conditions can be created. That being said, by this time…

  Saige Friedman

  December 17, 2021

  Climate Change

  America, climate, Climate Change, Climate disaster, natural hazard, storm, tornado, tornadoes, weather

• The State of Greece: Wildfires & Flooding in 2021

  

  In August 2021, I wrote an article titled, Wildfires Tear Through Greece, focusing on the wildfires that had been burning up acres worth of forests and homes across Greece. This article will provide an update on the situation and how extreme weather events have impacted the country. Beginning on August 3, 2021, a number of…

  Saige Friedman

  October 18, 2021

  Climate Change

  extreme weather, Farming, Greece, mudslide, natural hazard, wildfire, wildfires