Climate change intensifies short-duration precipitation events and flooding, more than century's worth of data reveals

Deadly Botswana rains made more likely by climate change, rapid urbanization

Unusually heavy rainfall struck southern Botswana and eastern South Africa from Feb. 16-20, flooding cities and killing at least 31 people. In Botswana, the government said nearly 5,500 people were affected, and more than 2,000 people evacuated. A new rapid study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA), a team of international climate scientists analyzing extreme […]

It Keeps Happening: The Impact of Repeated Climate Disasters - Non Profit News

Image Credit: Casey Horner on Unsplash It’s becoming hard to keep track. Was it Hurricane Helene that destroyed a neighbor’s house in Florida, or was it Hurricane Milton? Did a community deal with a mass exodus of residents after the Park Fire or the Eaton and Palisades Fires? An urgent issue emerging from our late stage of the climate crisis: The world is not simply dealing with one disaster but multiple ones, often at the same time and in the …

It's Time to Stop Being Surprised by Surprising Weather - Universe Today

The increasing frequency of so-called ‘1-in-a-1000-year' weather events highlights how global warming is disrupting rather more typical weather patterns beyond what scientific models can reliably predict. A recent paper proposes a three-tier scientific approach for addressing these unprecedented climate challenges: improving rapid response capabilities, making incremental infrastructure adaptations, and pursuing transformational system changes t…

Experts debunk viral conspiracy theory following extreme weather event: 'It's most certainly not [that]'

A December flooding incident in Dubai caught the attention of a conspiracy community on Reddit. Scientists say it is unlikely the extreme event was the result of an attempt to control the weather. What's happening? At least 20 people died during the December flooding in Dubai. In one portion of the United Arab Emirates, 10 inches of rain fell in 24 hours, per reports by Forbes. Extreme weather events like this are becoming more common as a resul…

Climate change intensifies short-duration precipitation events and flooding, more than century's worth of data reveals

Climate change may lead to more precipitation and more intense floods. A new study shows that to understand the details of this relationship, it is important to distinguish between different types of rainfall and flood events—namely, between short-term events that occur on a time scale of hours and longer-term events that last several days. In each case, climate change has a different impact.

How climate change affects rain and floods

Climate change may lead to more precipitation and more intense floods. A new study shows that to understand the details of this relationship, it is important to distinguish between different types of rainfall and flood events -- namely, between short-term events that occur on a time scale of hours, and longer-term events that last several days. In each case, climate change has a different impact.