Climate and Atmosphere
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Extreme weather includes unexpected, unusual, unpredictable severe or unseasonal weather. (...). Often, extreme events are based on a location’s recorded weather history and defined as lying in the most unusual ten percent.[2] In recent years some extreme weather events have been attributed to human-induced global warming,with studies indicating an increasing threat from extreme weather in the future. (Source: Wikipedia)
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French
phénomène météorologique extrême
Russian
экстремальное погодное явление
Spanish
fenómeno meteorológico extremo
Arabic
ظاهرة جوية بالغة الشدة
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 1 decision | |
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents | 1 article or paragraph |