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Table 2 Weather changes with climate change

From: Climate change, air pollution and extreme events leading to increasing prevalence of allergic respiratory diseases

• More extreme weather patterns, such as increase in thunderstorm

• High number of thunderstorms in spring and summer at the same time as high pollen counts

• Pollen grain rupture with thunderstorm with higher level of respirable allergens; also increased in zone

• More asthma outbreaks

-UK, Australia and Italy