What Happen in Japan?

This is the article I read from Japan Times.

Summary:

This summer, unexpected weather hit Japan, such as heat waves, tornadoes and cloudbursts, which had rarely happened in the past. These phenomena as well as earthquake and tsunami affect our lives; therefore the agency has to consider improving the ability to forecast weather to issue the warning.(47 words)

Reflection:

Weather these days in Japan is just abnormal. I usually check the section of weather forecast in the newspaper in the morning but it doesn't guarantee us if it’s true, especially today. As the article said, the big part of cause is global-warming which we human beings have noticed for a long time but the progress of dealing with it has not been seen from my eye. However, the global-warming is becoming more serious. There is no doubt. I think the proposal the author suggested might be a good idea for temporary issue, but it doesn't seem to be a fundamental solution for earth. It may be important to find out the factors that triggered the unusual weather, but there is no point to get the final answer because we already know the half of the reason why such abnormal weather happened. The article including the information about tornadoes and sudden cloudbursts is absolutely a caution for us to be aware of something wrong with Japan. There used to be nothing like tornadoes in Japan. I guess it’s going to be much worse in the near future unless we all the human beings face and make an action to this nature crisis.(202 words)

Vocabulary:

Cloudburst   a brief time when it rains very hard

Torrential   coming in a large, fast stream

Downpour   a sudden heavy rain

Cumulonimbus   cumulus cloud having a low base and often spread out in the shape of an anvil extending to great heights

Materialize   to become visible: to appear especially in a sudden or magical way

Jurisdiction   an area within which a particular system of laws is used

Questions:

1 How much do you believe weather forecast?

2 Do you feel global-warming has been proceeding in Japan as well as in the world?