The Eye of the Storm

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November is Environment Month in the Western Mail. Climate change is the big issue, says Gordon James, Director, Friends of the Earth Cymru

SCORES of forest fires scorching the parched soils of Greece... more frequent and intense hurricanes lashing the Caribbean... the record melting of ice in a rapidly warming Greenland... prolonged drought threatening millions in East Africa... a metre of rain falling in just 24 hours in Mumbai...

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The Eye of the Storm

Almost daily, we hear reports of extremes of weather from all corners of the world.

Extreme weather events are also becoming much more common nearer home. On June 11 this year, 20mm of rain fell in just 15 minutes at the University of Wales Botanic Gardens at Treborth, Bangor.

On the same day, the heavens opened above Lampeter causing floodin...

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