Edward Carver is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
The record-setting rainfall that hit Central Europe in mid September was made roughly twice as likely and 7% more severe by climate change, according to an analysis released Wednesday. The 36-page study, conducted by scientists affiliated with World Weather Attribution , looked at the causes of the extreme rain that peaked from September 12 until September 15.
'These types of blocking situations and meandering jet stream-induced situations are increasing in frequency,' Hayley Fowler, a climate scientist at Newcastle University who wasn't involved in the study, told NPR. Other factors in the Stom Boris disaster were more clearly influenced by a warmer planet.
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