No, you're not imagining things — the weather really is getting crazier. Take a quick glance at the last 25 years of floods, storms, and wacky temps.
One thing: Try looking at these events as separate lines because a single drought, which lasts for months and months, doesn't compare well to a single storm. But if you take any one of these categories and follow the numbers at the bottom, you'll see some unmistakable and rather disturbing trends.
This graph was assembled by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction using data from the International Disaster Database. The database is worth a visit. They feature a "disaster of the week," and you can search a whole list of climate shenanigans including storm, drought, insect plague, earthquake, fire, and volcano. You can find 'em on Facebook and Twitter as well. Thumbnail image by Marvin Nauman/FEMA.
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