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Atmospheric River Unleashes Record-Setting Rain, Flooding in California 1021.rtf
4, 5, and 6 inches in 24 hours. An interesting diagram about flying rivers, probably also known as atmospheric rivers. I don’t know the source.
2021-2026 Articles
2021-2026 Articles
Hotter New Zealand Shrank Glaciers 46% in 26 Years, Intensified Rain Extremes 1026.rtf
Global Temperature and Precipitation in September 2026 - 1026.rtf
> 1 Million Chinese Evacuated from Typhoon Dolphin’s Record Shanghai Rainfall 0826.rtfAfter Decades of Drought, Water Is Rising in the African Sahel 0726.rtfExtreme Rainfall across Asia Brings Flash Floods and Typhoons 0726.rtfMore Snow Fallis as Rain in Washington, Increasing Drought in Key Farm Areas 0726.rtfIndia’s Rainfall Rollercoaster Raises Risks for Crops and Power Grids 0726.rtfFlood Events Have More than Doubled in West Virginia since June 2016 Flood 0626.rtf4 Days of Extreme Rain Killed 7% of World's Rarest Orangutans 0626.rtfIndia's Mumbai Rations Water Supply as June Rainfall Hits 12-year Low 0626.rtfNew Record Peak Power in South China Comes a Month Early, with Heavy Rains 0626.rtfArctic Warming Delays Afro-Asian Monsoon Retreat Amplifying Autumn Rainfall 0126.rtfOver 1,100 Dead in Floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand 1225.rtfVietnam’s Year of Floods, Mud and Death 1125.rtfDeadly Rivers in the Sky 1125.rtfRecord Rains Drive Flooding in Vietnam, Submerging Hue, the Ancient Capital 1025.rtfTorrential Rains Shut Down Flights at Mexico City Airport for 2nd Day 0825.rtfHong Kong Reels from Heaviest Rain since Records Began in 1884 - 0825.rtfFlash Flooding Hits Milwaukee as Record Rain Pummels Millions in Midwest 0825.rtfBeijing Care Home Residents among at Least 60 Killed in North China Flooding 0725.rtfExtreme Heat and Rain Trigger Flooding in Punjab, Pakistan 0725.rtfPakistan Monsoon Havoc Leaves 266 Dead, over 600 Injured since June 26 - 0725.rtfHow Climate Crisis Makes Rainstorms That Flooded New York More Common 0725.rtfWhy There’s Been So Much Extreme Rainfall and Flooding in the U.S. 0725.rtfAs the World Warms, Extreme Rain Is Becoming Even More Extreme 0725.rtfClimate Change Makes South Asia’s Monsoon Season More Prone to Floods, Landslides and Heavy Rains 0725.rtfChina’s ‘Worst Flood’ and Record-Breaking Rain 0625.rtfExtreme Rain, Heat, Power Demand Sweeping across China 0525.rtfRecord Rainfall Failed to Replenish Los Angeles Groundwater Supply in 2023 - 0225.rtf1 Meter of Rain in 48 Hours near Cairns, Week of Flooding in Northeast Australia 0225.rtfThe Floods This Time - In the Mediterranean, Climate Change Is Already Here 0125.rtfClimate Crisis ‘Wreaking Havoc’ on Earth’s Water Cycle 0125.rtfHeavy Rains in Southeast Asia Flood Farms and Force Evacuations 1124.rtfSpain’s Deadly Storms Move North to Cause Chaos in Catalonia 1124.rtfWhy “1,000-Year” Deluges Are Happening More Often 1024.rtfClick for moreWhy Extreme Rainfall Is Becoming More Frequent and Deadly 1024.rtfAt Least 8 Dead from Central & Eastern Europe’s Heaviest Rain in Decades 0924.rtfBuilt-Up Cities Get More Rain Than Rural Outskirts 0924.rtf2 Years After Deadly Floods Devastated Pakistan, It’s Happening Again 0924.rtfChina to Boost Flood Relief Efforts as Heavy Rains Continue 0724.rtfWhat’s Causing the Devastating Flooding in the Midwest? 0624.rtf - rain, of sourse! More rain because there is more water vapor in the air, since the air is warmer.China’s Record Heat and Heavy Rain Raise Food Security Concerns 0624.rtfUS Midwest Spring Planting Is Delayed by Increasing Spring Rains 0524.rtfSouth Brazil Floods Wreak Historic Devastation, with More Rain Coming 0524.rtfOman, UAE Deluge Was ‘Most Likely’ Linked to Climate Change 0424.rtfAre Water Cycles the Missing Piece of the Climate Crisis Puzzle? 0324.rtfHistoric Rains Pour over Southern California 0224.rtfIntense Thunderstorms More Likely to Batter a Warming World 0613.rtfHeavy Rains and Floods Batter Northeast Australia 1223.rtfEast Africa Rain Made More Intense by Warming 1223.rtfMonster Floods Push Hong Kong to Confront a Changing Climate 1123.rtf2023 Extreme Heat Unleashed Rain like Never Before 1023.rtfHong Kong Paralyzed by Flash Flooding after Heaviest Rainfall on Record 0923.rtf - 20 inches (500 mm) in 24 hoursWith Climate Change, Smaller Storms Are Growing More Fearsome, More Often 0923.rtfRecord New York City Rain Sent Deadly Floods, Overwhelming Streets, Subways 0923.rtfWhy Rain Is Getting Fiercer on a Warming Planet 0923.rtf5,200+ Dead and 10,000 Missing after Unprecedented Flash Floods in Libya 0923.rtfFlash Floods Paralyze Hong Kong after Heaviest Rain on Record 0923.rtfWhat Caused Tropical Storm Hilary's Record-Breaking Rainfall 0823.rtfBeijing’s Deadly Storms Brought Heaviest Rainfall on Record 0823.rtf‘Biblical Proportions’ - 3 Months’ Worth of Rainfall Floods Nova Scotia 0723.rtfS. Korea Downpour Leaves 40 Dead, So President Yoon Visits Damaged Areas 0723.rtfWhen It Rains, It Pours 1207.pdf2 Weeks of Record Monsoon Rains Have Killed over 100 People in North India 0723.rtfWettest New Delhi July Day in 41 Years Triggers Deadly Floods in North India 0723.rtfHeavy Rainfall and Flooding Hit US Northeast 0723.rtfExtreme Floods Are Occurring Way More Often than US Federal Data Suggests 0623.rtfHeavy Rains Threaten China’s Wheat Supply for Buns and Noodles 0523.rtfCongo Flood Survivors Mourn Lost Relatives as Death Toll Rises above 400 - 0523.rtfFort Lauderdale, Florida Floods after Historic 1-in-1000 Year Rainfall Event 0423.rtf - 14 to 20 inches in 24 hoursFlooding and Landslides Kill Dozens in Brazil’s São Paulo State 0223.rtfFloods Devastate Philippines, Fuel Concerns over Extreme Weather 0123.rtfHow Climate Change Will Make Atmospheric Rivers Even Worse 0123.rtfCalifornia Recovering from Deadly Storms, with Rainfall Totals 400-600% above Average, with More Rain on the Way 0123.rtfCalifornia Is Being Inundated with Rain. Will It Ease the Drought? 0123.rtfNorthern California Sees Historic Deluge, as Atmospheric River Slams State 0123.rtfAt Least 141 Die in Congo as Floods and Landslides Hit Capital 1222.rtfClimate Change Is Bringing More Intense Rains to U.S. 1022.rtfNigeria Battles Worst Floods in Years; 300 Killed in 2022 - 0922.rtfChina's Drought-Hit Areas Get Rain, Bringing Flood Risks 0822.rtf1:3 of Pakistan Could Soon Be under Water 0822.rtfPakistan Declares Floods a ‘Climate Catastrophe’ as Death Toll Tops 1,000 - 0822.rtfFive 1,000-Year Rain Events Have Struck the U.S. in 5 Weeks. Why? 0822.rtf - Once in 1,000 Years odds are in a STABLE climate, based on histroical weather records. The climate is very far from stable and history is no longer a good guide to the future.Dallas Area Hit by 1-in-1,000-Year Flood 0822.rtfWater Resources to Become Less Predictable with Climate Change 0722.rtfHow Two 1-in-1,000 Year Rain Events Hit the U.S. in 2 Days 0722.rtfA ‘Mega-Flood’ in California Could Drop 100 inches of Rain 0822.rtfClimate Crisis Is Fueling the Barrage in America’s Summer of Floods 0822.rtfSeoul Sees “2 Months” of Rain in Half a Day, Killing at Least 8 - 0822.rtfFlash Floods Kill 550 in Pakistan, in Heaviest Rains in Decades 0822.rtfAfter Unprecedented Heat Waves, Monsoon Rains and the Worst Floods in Over a Century Devastate South Asia 0822.rtfFlash Floods Swamp St. Louis Area, Breaking a Century-Old Rain Record 0722.rtfExtreme Rainfall Will Be Worse, More Frequent than We Thought 0722.rtfWorld Energy Crisis Would Be Worse without China’s Rainy Season 0722.rtfAustralia Flood, Boosted by Climate Change, Is Making History in Sydney 0722.rtfUnusually Extreme Rain, Weather Caused Sydney’s 4th Major Flood in 2 Years 0722.rtfChina Sees Record Rains, Heat as Weather Turns Volatile 0722.rtfClimate Change Is a Factor in 'Unprecedented' South Asia Floods 0622.rtfAtmospheric River That Ravaged Yellowstone Is Part of Climate Change Pattern 0622.rtfMillions Displaced and Dozens Dead in Flooding in India and Bangladesh 0522.rtfRains Drive Biggest South African Locust Infestation in Decades 0422.rtfExtreme Rainfall Hits New Zealand and Brazil 0322.rtfClimate Change Is Intensifying Earth’s Water Cycle at Twice the Predicted Rate 0222.rtfCovid Shutdown Linked to Record Rainfall in China 0222.rtf - Less coal burned, so less cooling sulfate aerosols.South Africa’s Heaviest Rain on Record Causes Destructive Floods 0122.rtfExcessively Wet Year in Eastern U.S. Shows Climate Change Fingerprints 1221.rtfPacific Storm Whips Hawaii with Rain and Snow, Causing Floods 1221.rtfEver Rainy Seattle Breaks Its Fall Rain Record, after Summer of Extreme Heat 1221.rtfRecord Rainfall Prompts Evacuations in B.C. and US Northwest 1121.rtf With a Warming Climate, Coastal Fog Around the World Is Declining 1021.rtf- Not just California coastal redwoods, but Atacama and Namib Deserts. Atmospheric River Unleashes Record-Setting Rain, Flooding in California 1021.rtfDeluge in Northwest Italy Sets European Record - 29 Inches in 12 Hours 1021.rtfClimate Change’s ‘Fingerprint’ Seen in Ida Flooding 0921.rtfNew York City Region's Historic Floods Send Deadly Climate Change Lesson 0921.rtf - 3.15 inches of rain in 1 hour in Central Park and 3.24 inches at Newark airport. 8.41 inches in 24 hours at Newark.A 2° Difference - Climate Change Leading to More Extreme Rain Events 0821.rtfTennessee Floods Show Pressing Climate Danger across USA - Walls of Water 0821.rtfClimate Change Made Heavy Rains in Europe, for German Floods, More Likely 0821.rtfWarming Intensifies Water Cycle, IPCC Warns, for More Intense Storms & Floods 0821.rtfIs It Raining Harder? Here's What These LSU Researchers Found. 0821.rtf8 Inches in 1 Hour - How a Deadly Downpour Flooded Zhengzhou, China 0721.rtf - 24 inches in 24 hours! Annual average there is 25.4 inches.Why It Won't Stop Raining in the New Orleans Area 0721.rtf - The warmer air holds more water. More rain overtaxes the pumps.Record Low Rain Year in California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada 2nd, New Mexico 3rd - 0621.rtfHuman Activity Influencing Global Rainfall 0721.rtfGlobal Warming’s Extreme Rains Threaten Hawaii’s Coral Reefs 0421.rtf
2020 Articles and older
2020 Articles and older
Global Warming Is Intensifying Extreme Rainstorms over North America 0620.rtfChicago Breaks May Rainfall Record for 3rd Year in a Row 0520.rtfClimate Concerns Grow amid UK’s Wettest February on Record 0320.rtfFlash Floods in Indonesia Leave 100s of 1,000s Homeless 0120.rtfGlobal Heating Is Supercharging the Indian Ocean Climate System 1119.rtfAs the Monsoon and Climate Shift, India Faces Worsening Floods 0919.rtf3rd Round of Flooding in 2019 Likely along Missouri River 0919.rtfClimate Change May Reduce Soil’s Ability to Absorb Water – a Key Store of CO2 - 0919.rtf - more root mass, fewer soil poresClimate Change Fills Hurricanes with More Rain, Analysis Shows 0719.rtfMay Was the 2nd-Wettest Month in the U.S. since 1895 - 0619.rtfWettest 12 Months in US Record Left It Drought-Free. But Flooding Is Rampant 0519.rtfMonsoon Storms to Recharge Southwest Groundwater May Become Rarer 0918.rtfIndia's Devastating Rains Match Climate Change Forecasts 0818.rtfJapan’s Death Toll from Record Rain Rises as PM Warns of 'Race against Time’ 0718.rtfImmense Rains Are Causing More Flash Flooding, and It’s Getting Worse 0618.rtf5,000-Mile-Long River in the Sky Brings Heavy Rain & Snow to Pacific Northwest 1017.rtfHouston Fears Catastrophic Flooding from Climate Change - 'It's Not If, It's When.’ 0617.rtfExtreme Precipitation Events Have Risen Sharply in Northeast U.S. Since 1996 - 0517.rtfRising Waters Threaten China’s Rising Cities 0417.rtfGlobal Warming Is Increasing Rainfall Rates 0317.rtfCalifornia Levee System Battered by Record Rainfall from 'Atmospheric River' 0217.rtfLouisiana Flood of 2016 Resulted from '1,000-Year' Rain in 2 Days 0816.rtfClimate Change Warming Asian Waters, Altering Monsoon 0716.rtfFlooding In Europe. Texas Suffers 500-Year Flood for 2nd Year in a Row. 0616.rtfSierra Nevada Snow Won’t End California’s Thirst 0416.rtfMeltdown - More Rain, Less Snow as the World Warms 0416.rtfDownpours over Land Have Slowed Sea Level Rise 0216.rtfYukon to Feel Impacts of Climate Change 0216.rtfDecember 2015 Was the Wettest Month Ever Recorded in UK 0116.rtf - also hottest. Full year was 2nd hottest, 6th wettest.Warming Indian Ocean Weakens India’s Monsoon 0615.rtf - 10-20% from 1901 to 2012, from the south of Pakistan to Bangladesh, especially in central India: the Ganges-Brahmaputra basins & Himalayan foothillsFloods of Biblical Proportions Leave British Cities and Villages under Water 1215.rtfWhat Historic South Carolina Floods Can, & Can’t, Tell Us about Climate Change 1015.rtfRising Seas, Storm Surge, Rain Raise Severe Flooding Risk in Biggest US Cities 0715.rtfHeavier Rains Mean More Toxic Blooms for Lake Erie 0715.rtfTorrential Rains Increasing in Warming World 0715.rtfFlooding Risk Rises with Global Warming 0615.rtfAcross the U.S., Heaviest Downpours on the Rise 0515.rtfRhode Island’s Annual Precipitation Rose by a Foot in 100 Years 0515.rtfTropical Rainfall on the Rise, as Big Storm Events Increase 0315.rtfWhy Fresh Water Shortages Will Cause the Next Great Global Crisis 0315.rtfClimate Change in Minnesota - More Heat, More Big Storms 0215.rtfTropical Deforestation Could Disrupt Rainfall Globally 1214.rtfHigher Pacific Temperatures Bring Monsoons to Southland 0814.rtfHow Australia's Big Wet Befuddled Scientists 0813.rtfRain - Sign of the Times in Philadelphia? 0613.rtfHeavier Rainfall in Midwest from Warming 0313.rtfIntense Rains in US Midwest Doubled Since 1960 - 0512.rtfWarming to Bring Lots More Severe Thunderstorms to Southeast 0413.rtfMegastorms Could Drown Much of California (More Often) 1112.rtfUS 20-Year Rain & Heat Events to Become 8- & 3-Year Events 0608.rtfHawaii Will Get Less Rain Due To Global Warming 0413.rtfRecord Rain in Argentina Is Sign of Things to Come 0413.rtfEarth's Water Cycle is Changing Rapidly 1010.rtfWhen It Rains, It Pours 1207.pdf - 48pp
Future: World
Future: World
Climate Change May Reduce Soil’s Ability to Absorb Water – a Key Store of CO2 - 0919.rtf - more root mass, fewer soil poresWhy Fresh Water Shortages Will Cause the Next Great Global Crisis 0315.rtfTropical Deforestation Could Disrupt Rainfall Globally 1214.rtfIntense Thunderstorms More Likely to Batter a Warming World 0613.rtfEarth's Water Cycle is Changing Rapidly 1010.rtf
Below, 2071-2099 Average, Less 1971-2000 Average - for 2 RCPs
from US National Climate Assessment
Areas toward the poles get wetter, as water and ice there warm, increasing evaporation.
(Cross-hatching below means high agreement among the models used.)
Future: US
Future: US
Monsoon Storms to Recharge Southwest Groundwater May Become Rarer 0918.rtfRising Seas, Storm Surge, Rain Raise Severe Flooding Risk in Biggest US Cities 0715.rtfAcross the U.S., Heaviest Downpours on the Rise 0515.rtfRhode Island’s Annual Precipitation Rose by a Foot in 100 Years 0515.rtfSierra Nevada Snowpack Hits Historic Low 0315.rtfClimate Change in Minnesota - More Heat, More Big Storms 0215.rtfHigher Pacific Temperatures Bring Monsoons to Southland 0814.rtfRain - Sign of the Times in Philadelphia? 0613.rtfMegastorms Could Drown Much of California (More Often) 1112.rtfHawaii Will Get Less Rain Due To Global Warming 0413.rtfEarth's Water Cycle is Changing Rapidly 1010.rtfUS 20-Year Rain & Heat Events to Become 8- & 3-Year Events 0608.rtfWhen It Rains, It Pours 1207.pdf - 48pp
Observed US precipitation is from the draft 2013 US National Climate Assessment.
% change for 1991-2011 average, compared to 1901-60 average
Observed changes in the amount of precipitation falling in very heavy events (the heaviest 1% of all daily events) from 1958 to 2011 for each region.
4 seasonal maps for a high emissions case.
4 seasonal maps for a low emissions case.
Section Map: Water
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