Recent deadly flooding events around the world are evidence of the planet's changing relationship with precipitation as global temperatures continue to warm, according to environmental experts.
on Wednesday with another 50 people missing, according to officials. Record rain in the Henan province on July 20 turned streets in Zhengzhou into rushing rivers strong enough to sweep vehicles away.last month after a catastrophic flood triggered flash floods in parts of western Germany and eastern Belgium.
While scientists have understood the link between climate change and flooding for some time, the severity of recent events is signaling an indisputable presence of climate change, Davenport said.People rest from cleaning up the debris of the flood disaster in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, July 19, 2021.
In a 30-year period from 1988 to 2017, the cost in additional flood damages from increased precipitation totaled about $73 billion, she said.Climate change is arguably changing Earth's relationship with water overall, according to scientists. For a region like the Western U.S., the snowpack that builds up during the winter is critical as a water resource.
"When storms that used to bring snow are now bringing rain, this can lead to pretty severe flooding in the winter that we didn't see in the past," Davenport said."Unfortunately, it both increases flooding and can exacerbate some of our drought conditions in the spring and summer."
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