Including the closely related terms severe weather events, extreme weather, and weather events.
… and fitness levels; ‰ Social – increased summer temperatures can lead to increased summer deaths, illness (e.g. food poisoning) but milder winters may reduce excess winter deaths, a particular area of concern in Bromsgrove. ‰ Economic issues – increased severe weather events can cause disruption to the point where it affects the economy, for example the transport network is vulnerable to roads melting…
…. Worcestershire Partnership’s (2006) study illustrates a changing climate in the County; Worcestershire’s annual temperature has risen by 0.6°C since the 1900s, coupled with an increased intensity of rainfall events. This is predicted to continue, and will also include increased frequency of extreme weather events, such as storms and floods. The effects of this can be devastating, e.g. the 2007 floods cost…
… and partners’ strategic planning. The impacts might include increases in flooding, temperature, drought and extreme weather events. These could create risks and opportunities such as: impacts to transport infrastructure from melting roads or buckling rails, increases in tourism, increased damage to buildings from storms, impacts on local ecosystems and biodiversity, scope to grow new crops, changing…