les coups de sang de la météo

English translation: the weather's temper tantrums

15:42 May 23, 2002
French to English translations [PRO]
/ climatology - global warming - extreme weather
French term or phrase: les coups de sang de la météo
Quant à l'approche par les coûts - les dégâts matériels et les vies humaines perdues lors des coups de sang de la météo -, l'exemple américain montre que «la majorité de l'augmentation relevée est due à des évolutions sociales» et non à la météo. Habiter plus nombreux dans les zones à risques, côtières notamment, reste donc le plus sûr moyen d'alimenter les statistiques des catastrophes.
mckinnc
Local time: 17:57
English translation:the weather's temper tantrums
Explanation:
A straight translation (more or less).
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3meteorological freaks
DPolice
4 +1natural disasters
Sara Freitas
4the bloodshed of / from the meteorology
Pascale Dahan
4Weather Disasters
jerryk (X)
4incidents of freak weather
markmx
4the weather's temper tantrums
cheungmo


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
meteorological freaks


Explanation:
storms, floods, and other exceptional events.

DPolice
Local time: 17:57
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
11 mins

agree  Arthur Borges: or a freak weather phenomenon
40 mins

neutral  David Sirett: storms, floods, etc. are not freaks, they are normal weather patterns.
43 mins

agree  PaulaMac (X): collectively referred to as freak weather, such as the foot of snow we got in Western Canada 2 days ago
3 hrs

neutral  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: "freak weather", "weather freaks" being people who are mad about weather!
7 hrs

neutral  Sara Freitas: I agree that the word order would have to be freak weather
13 hrs
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the bloodshed of / from the meteorology


Explanation:
suggestion

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Note added at 2002-05-23 15:54:44 (GMT)
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Freak weather then.
Natural disasters.

Pascale Dahan
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:57
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Weather Disasters


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Billion Dollar U.S. Weather Disasters 1980-1999 - comprehensive reports including data, images, and movies from the National Climatic Data Center.
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incidents of freak weather


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markmx
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the weather's temper tantrums


Explanation:
A straight translation (more or less).


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natural disasters


Explanation:
or exceptional weather conditions

Sara Freitas
France
Local time: 17:57
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PRO pts in pair: 688

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agree  Nicola Da Si (X)
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