January 1, 2009 Research Meteorologists found that the
temperature changes brought on by global warming are significant
enough to cause an increase in the occurrence of severe storms.
Severe storms are those that cause flooding, have damaging
winds, hail and could cause tornados. Their study revealed that
by the end of this century, the number of days that favor severe
storms could more than double certain locations, such as Atlanta
and New York. Researchers also found that this increase would
occur during typical stormy seasons and not during dry seasons
when it may be beneficial. As new storm forecasts hit home,
areas already prone to severe weather need to be on the lookout
for more storms. The latest forecast says global warming spells
bad news for those areas. Nancy Werner has seen many storms blow
through trees in her yard, but there's one storm she'll never
forget. "We started hearing things land on our house," Werner
said. A stump is all that's left of what she heard falling. "We
went upstairs and fou