Extreme rainfall

Yet another hurricane wetter, windier and more destructive because of climate change

A satellite photo of Hurricane Milton as a massive swirling mass of white cloud above earth with black space at the top of the photo.

Hurricane Milton began as a tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday 5th October. It very rapidly intensified to tropical storm status, before undergoing explosive intensification to a high category 5 between Sunday 6th and Monday 7th, as it moved southeast towards the Yucatan Peninsula (NOAA, 2024), where the central pressure fell to … Continue reading “Yet another hurricane wetter, windier and more destructive because of climate change”

Climate change key driver of catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Helene that devastated both coastal and inland communities

A satellite image of Hurricane Helene in the Gullf of Mexico. The hurricane is a massive swirl of white cloud with the grey and brown landmass of Mexico and the US to the left.

Late on September 26th, Hurricane Helene made landfall at category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale on the panhandle of Florida, bringing high winds, extreme rainfall and storm surges to coastal areas.

Climate change and high exposure increased costs and disruption to lives and livelihoods from flooding associated with exceptionally heavy rainfall in Central Europe

A photo of a flood in the Czech Republic with brown floodwater, a tree and a white car half underwater.

In mid September 2024 a very large region in Central Europe, including Poland, Czechia, Austria, Romania, Hungary, Germany and Slovakia experienced very heavy rainfall, breaking local and national rainfall records over the period of four days.

Climate change increased Typhoon Gaemi’s wind speeds and rainfall, with devastating impacts across the western Pacific region

A satellite image of typhoon Gaemi, pictured as a swirling mass of cloud close to the island of Taiwan

Typhoon Gaemi (known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Carina) strengthened into a tropical storm on July 20th while tracking northwest towards the Philippines.

Landslide triggering rainfall made more intense by human-induced climate change, devastating highly vulnerable communities in northern Kerala

Members of the White Guard Volunteers caerry out a rescue operation in Chooralmala in Wayanad district of Kerala.

Massive landslides killed hundreds of people in northern Kerala, India following an extreme monsoon downpour on July 30.

Yet another hurricane wetter, windier and more destructive because of climate change

Climate change key driver of catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Helene that devastated both coastal and inland communities

Climate change and high exposure increased costs and disruption to lives and livelihoods from flooding associated with exceptionally heavy rainfall in Central Europe

Climate change increased Typhoon Gaemi’s wind speeds and rainfall, with devastating impacts across the western Pacific region

Landslide triggering rainfall made more intense by human-induced climate change, devastating highly vulnerable communities in northern Kerala

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