Climate Panel: More Extreme Weather On the Way

"Brace yourself for more extreme weather. A group of more than 200 scientists convened by the United Nations says in a new report that climate change will bring more heat waves, more intense rainfall and more expensive natural disasters."

"These conclusions are from the latest effort of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — a consensus statement from researchers around the world."

"And since this is a consensus, the conclusions are carefully couched. Take, for example, the issue of rainfall. "It is likely that the frequency of heavy precipitation will increase in the 21st century over many regions," says the report, which defines "likely" as more than a 66 percent chance."