Mega-storms the size of England on the rise in North Africa

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/mega-storms-size-england-rise-north-africa/?fbclid=IwAR0-K9J0y8Ftx_tlaKudKbBfEURNO5cNo_7EMtTa0Bg3Rf6SHszJWuKRid8

Sarah Newey, Global Health Security correspondent
21 January 201

Mega-storms the size of England are increasingly savaging countries across the Sahel, a five-year project backed by the UK government has found.

Already a troubled region, the Sahel – which hugs the Saharan desert from Senegal to Eritrea – has seen a threefold increase in mega-storms over the last 35 years.

The ferocious storms – which produce roughly the same amount of energy in 12 hours that the entire UK consumes in a year – can devastate everything in their path with powerful winds and torrential rain. They can grow as high as 16km [10 miles], satellite images show.

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