1. Causes and Effects of Extreme Weather Events
... heat as well as lack of rain, resulting in very high evaporation rates. The effects of the drought included substantial and chronic changes to the tree composition of forests and woods (the European Beech was severely affected by the drought and has taken 20 years to recover although their growth has failed ... air is rising and as it cools, it conduces forming clouds. Areas of low pressure are known are depression ad occurs when warm air meets cold air. Low pressure systems bring rain, strong winds and changeable weather. The flood of 1968 was the most severe inland flood to hit the cou...
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