Hottest Winter On Record By Far Drives Devastating Weather Disasters Globally

This extreme warmth — caused primarily by the accelerating human-caused global warming trend (with a boost from El Niño) — is a key reason a number of countries have already “set records for the all-time most expensive weather-related disaster in their nations’ history” this year, as meteorologist Jeff Masters has explained...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/17/3761359/hottest-winter-weather-disasters/