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25 August 2010

Blocked-up weather behind Russia's heat, Pakistan's floods

  The Russian heat wave this summer that has killed an estimated 15,000 thousand is undoubtedly tied to an unusual but not unheard of event known as “blocking,” say experts on the atmosphere. And the heaviest monsoon downpours in Pakistan’s history, causing floods that have displaced more than 10 million people, may be due in part to this same blocking event.  A blocking event  happens when an area of high …

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