Studies suggest that the frequency and severity of many types of extreme weather events that cause disasters Cause will change as the climate warms. [ 3CANADAENVIRON 0 MCLH 24/06/2014 ]

The severity of this drought Cause was such that Lake Karun, in the middle of the Fayyum Depression some 30 kilometres from the Nile, dried up and its sediments were partially carried away by wind erosion. [ JACLET 0 MCLH 24/06/2014 ]

An increased frequency or severity of heat waves Cause would cause an increase in mortality, heart attacks and breathing illnesses. [ ENCY 0 MCLH 24/06/2014 ]

A reduction in the frequency, severity and duration of winter freeze in the British Isles Cause would be likely under conditions associated with global warming and could be beneficial. [ ENCY 0 MCLH 24/06/2014 ]

Potential changes in the frequency, severity, and duration of extreme events Cause are among the most important risks associated with climate change in North America. [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 MCLH 24/06/2014 ]

Potential impacts of climate change on cities include fewer periods of extreme winter cold; increased frequency of extreme heat; rising sea levels and risk of storm surge; and changes in timing, frequency, and severity of flooding associated with storms and precipitation extremes Cause . [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 MCLH 24/06/2014 ]

Many crops, for example, are sensitive to heat stress, particularly during key stages of development, and may be adversely affected by the increased frequency and severity of summer heat waves Cause . [ 5CANADAICC 0 MCLH 24/06/2014 ]

Furthermore, projected changes in summer precipitation patterns and characteristics suggest that the duration and severity of drought periods Cause may increase significantly in many areas within the midlatitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. [ 5CANADAICC 0 MCLH 24/06/2014 ]

Rising sea levels will put millions of coastal dwellers at risk, and climate change will increase both the frequency and severity of extreme events, such as droughts, floods, heat waves, and windstorms Cause . [ 2EUROPACHANGE 0 MCLH 24/06/2014 ]

Much less certain are the impacts of climate change on the frequency and severity of storms such as hurricanes, tornadoes and winter blizzards Cause . [ 5CANADAICC 0 MCLH 24/06/2014 ]

Natural and human systems are expected to be exposed to climatic variations such as changes in the average, range, and variability of temperature and precipitation, as well as the frequency and severity of weather events Cause . [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 MCLH 24/06/2014 ]

The severity of winters in western Europe Cause , for example, tends to follow the ups and downs of the North Atlantic Oscillation, an alternation in pressure differences between Iceland and the Azores. [ 2CANADACCD9801 0 MCLH 24/06/2014 ]

Large storms can be identified in model climates as areas of low pressure, and the severity of a particular storm Cause can be gauged by the intensity of the low pressure at its centre. [ 1CANADACCD 0 MCLH 24/06/2014 ]

Heat-stress mortality and illness (predominantly cardiorespiratory) are projected to more than double by 2050 resulting from an increase in the frequency or severity of heat waves Cause under climate-change conditions projected by a transient GCM (GFDL X2, UKMO X6). [ 7IPCCREGION 0 MCLH 24/06/2014 ]