Many extreme weather events can be traced back to an atmospheric 'traffic jam,' study
 

Many extreme weather events can be traced back to an atmospheric 'traffic jam,' study suggests
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When weather patterns hit a traffic jam, extreme events often result. This is particularly the case during the summer months, a new study argues.*

The research, published Friday in the journal Science Advances, focuses on a devastating flood event that struck Serbia and the nation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in May of 2014.*

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The flooding, which resulted from a relentless four-day deluge, killed at least 48, displaced about 150,000 and caused about 3.5 billion euros in damage.*

The study pinpoints a phe**me**n k**wn as "planetary wave resonance" for trapping the storm above the Balkans. More specifically, the study says a "quasi-stationary circumglobal Rossby wave train" helped deny the storm an escape route.* Read more...


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