CNN —A “perfect storm” is unfolding this summer, one climate scientist told CNN, as atmospheric ingredients combine to create deadly flooding in the Northeast US and record-breaking heat in the Southwest US and around the world.
“Sure, weather is weather.
It’s going to happen — rainfall, flooding events are going to happen,” Mann told CNN.
The jet stream is the fast-moving river of air high in the atmosphere that ushers weather systems across the globe.
“The jet stream basically stalls and those weather patterns remain in place — those high and low pressure centers remain in place,” Mann said.
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