Extreme Weather
Key Facts
Abbreviation
XWX
Pronunciation
/ɪkˈstrim ˈwɛðər/
Category
Academic & Science
Related Field
Meteorology
Examples in Context
- Like most cases of extreme weather, its severity was due to an unusual confluence of events.
- Extreme weather last year, including high temperatures, drought and heavy rains.
- These include quantifying the impacts of climate change on extreme weather and on marine fisheries.
- Second, more frequent extreme weather events mean more potential deaths and injuries caused by storms and floods.
- Global warming is also predicted to lead to more extreme weather and storms.