Hourly rainfall intensity continues to increase

Hourly rainfall intensity continues to increase

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Heavy downpours are becoming more intense in the United States as climate change supercharges the water cycle, leading to an increase in rainfall rates. Rainfall rates are a measurement of the amount of rain that falls in a given area in a specific time, and it is calculated in inches. Grade-school students often learn about the water cycle in their science/weather classes. The water cycle involves the continuous movement of wat…

Several days of rainfall caused many problems in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In north-east Croatia, the first houses have started to flood, and since Thursday, two people have been searched for in the Tuzla area of BiH, who were swept away by the overgrown river. Meteorologists also warn of the danger of spills of Neretva and Sava. The EU activated the Copernicus system in response to the floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A state of emer…

The first houses in northeastern Croatia have begun to flood, and in the Tuzla area of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a search has been underway since Thursday for two people who were swept away by a swollen river. Meteorologists are also warning of the risk of the Neretva and Sava rivers overflowing their banks.

Due to heavy rains, the situation in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina is critical.

They are looking for a police officer and a man who tried to cross a swollen river while fleeing from the police.

Flooded rivers in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia are still causing problems, but water levels are slowly receding in some places, local media report. A state of emergency has been declared in central Croatia, where the situation is currently under control, but the Una River could reach record levels.