Eight catastrophic floods in 11 days: What's behind intense rainfall around the world? [View all]
Source: NBC News
Scientists say climate change is likely having an impact on rainfall and flooding, but understanding precisely what that relationship is can be tricky.
Sept. 12, 2023, 5:03 PM EDT
By Denise Chow
The catastrophic flooding in Libya that has left as many as 10,000 people feared dead is just the latest in a string of intense rainfall events to hammer various parts of the globe over the past two weeks.
In the first 11 days of September, eight devastating flooding events have unfolded on four continents. Before Mediterranean storm Daniel sent floodwaters surging through eastern Libya, severe rains inundated parts of central Greece, northwestern Turkey, southern Brazil, central and coastal Spain, southern China, Hong Kong and the southwestern United States.
Seeing this many unrelated extreme weather events around the world in such a short period of time is unusual, said Andrew Hoell, a research meteorologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Physical Sciences Laboratory.
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