A new rapid analysis concludes that the extreme rainfall and flooding caused by Tropical Storm Imelda was made more likely and intense due to global warming.
Rapid attribution of the extreme rainfall in Texas from Tropical Storm Imelda
Extreme rainfall
The August 2017 Bangladesh floods
In August 2017 Bangladesh faced one of its worst river flooding events in recent history. Scientists performed an attribution of this precipitation-induced flooding to anthropogenic climate change from a combined meteorological and hydrological perspective.
Super Typhoon Mangkhut heading for the Philippines
Super Typhoon Mangkhut is expected to make landfall early on Saturday on Luzon island in the Philippines, threatening millions of people, including by direct storm damage, flooding, landslides and storm surges. Alerts have also been issued across east and southeast Asia.
Hurricane Florence, September 2018
Hurricane Florence is forecast to cause widespread damage due to the storm surge, extreme rainfall and high winds along the US East coast.
Exceptionally high monsoon rainfall in Kerala, 2018
Torrential rain in South West India has led to widespread flooding – we are currently working on an analysis which will be available at the end of September.