What is Extreme Weather? - Moms Clean Air Force

Extreme weather events are unusual or damaging weather events, including storms, fires, rainfall, and drought. Although extreme weather has been part of the meteorological system for millions of years, climate change is making our weather more extreme, more frequently, in ways never before seen in human history.

How does extreme weather affect our health?

Extreme storms, fires, rainfall, and drought can profoundly damage the communities in their path. Not only do they cost billions to society, but they can cause loss of life, serious injuries, and major destruction to vital infrastructure. They can spread disease, displace families, and trigger mental health problems. They are a major strain on health care systems.

What you can do.

Please read our resources on climate change, and join our fight to cut climate pollution.

The science is clear. We must act with urgency.

Moms Clean Air Force demands that city, state, and federal lawmakers and regulators move us onto a path to climate safety immediately.

We must have laws and regulations that guide our country to the use of 100% clean energy for all our energy needs by 2045.
We must have laws and regulations that rapidly draw down carbon and methane emissions and ramp up energy efficiency everywhere.
Our goals must be ambitious, and staged deadlines must be strictly enforced to demonstrate measurable progress.
We must ensure that vulnerable populations and communities of color are given equitable protections and are granted access to cost-effective clean-energy options.
We must make bold investments in innovative technologies that will help solve this climate crisis.
We must hold companies accountable for cleaning up their climate pollution.

Tell Your Representatives:
It’s Beyond Time for Climate Safety