Study: Climate Change Could Bring More Thunderstorms to Lake Victoria

Climate change could transform East Africa's Lake Victoria into a dangerous thunderstorm hotspot, threatening some 200,000 fishermen who ply its waters at night, according to a study released today.

Already some 3,000 to 5,000 fishermen lose their lives in violent storms on the lake every year, according to the International Red Cross.

Superstorms that only occur once every 15 years today would, if global warming continues apace, happen annually by century's end, said the study published in Nature Communications.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/lake-victoria-a-thunderstorm-hotspot-with-climate-change-116092800014_1.html

Michell Zappa

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