Thunderstorm asthma

Bad weather and allergies?

Climate change is making thunderstorms more violent - pollen and spores are swept up into the cloud towers, mechanically fragmented and come down again as tiny particles with cold downdraughts. They can then be inhaled deeply and even trigger asthma. We consider weather-related connections in medical consultations. The Austrian Pollen Information Service also takes the weather into account in its forecasts .