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THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE (25.05.2007)
(2007-05-24)
Last updated: 2007-05-25 15:18 EET Print
Global warming effects are more evident around the world. The UK-based Meteorological Office has recently cautioned that 2007 will be the hottest year in the history of mankind. And Romania is no exception to the rule. As early as May, the Romanians have been affected by the whimsical weather. If some of the country’s regions have been confronted with unusually high temperatures for this time of year and with the lack of rain, others are ravaged by storms and flooding. The effects of this unusual weather have already been felt, in some of Romania’s regions where several people have lost their lives to high temperatures, 3-5 degrees over the normal average for this period, or after having been struck by lightning or thunder. Other several hundred people have called for medical assistance, the most affected being children, the elderly and people suffering from chronic diseases. Hundreds of wells have dried up, hundreds of thousand of hectares of crops being compromised, along with the season fruit production. Several counties, mainly in the south and east have already called on the authorities to be declared calamity areas due to the prolonged and extended drought. Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said he was discontented with the measures the Ministry of Agriculture has resorted to in order to contain the drought. Tariceanu called on Agriculture Minister Decebal Traian Remes to send his staffers on fact-finding visits in the field, to assess the situation and brief the farmers on the measures adopted by the government in their support. Last week’s heat-wave was replaced by storms which swept several regions in western, central and northern Romania, which were affected not only by heavy rains but also by hailstorms. The crops that survived the drought, have been affected by the hailstorms, worsening the situation in agriculture. (Daniela Stefanescu)

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