Extreme Weather

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  1. 2. A climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean
  2. 5. Which scientific agency provides accurate and up-to-date information on weather and climate?
  3. 7. The US currently averages 1 weather disaster a month that costs over __ ____ dollars
  4. 9. Governmental agency tasked with providing weather forecasts and warnings of hazardous weather
  5. 11. Extreme weather events are made more intense by the ___ ____ of the earth's surface temperature
Down
  1. 1. These are the kinds of countries that will suffer the most from extreme weather events
  2. 3. Extreme weather events create a ___ feedback loop where the outcomes cause worse weather
  3. 4. This is the type of light radiation reflected by greenhouse gases that cause the heating of the atmosphere
  4. 6. Even though it is called global warming, some places will start to experience worse ____ weather events
  5. 8. The average wildfire size has more than ____ since 2010
  6. 10. There are ___ forms of extreme weather