Extreme Rainfall Archives - Climate Attribution

Press Release: 16 Million Children Affected by Massive Flooding in South Asia, with Millions More at Risk

Published:September 2020

Author(s):United Nations International Children's Fund

Publisher:United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF)

This article describes how monsoon rains and catastrophic flooding in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh left 16 million children and their families were in urgent need of life-saving support. Read More →

State of the Climate: National Climate Report

Published:July 2020

Author(s):National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Publisher:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the climate in the United States by month, including data on precipitation, drought, and temperature and how it compares to national averages. Read More →

Deadly Weather: The Human Cost of 2018’s Climate Disasters — Visual Guide

Published:December 2018

Author(s):Daniel Levitt, Peter Andringa, Frank Hulley-Jones, Lydia Smears, Jonathan Watts

Publisher:The Guardian

This article describes the climate disasters that the world experienced in 2018 by month, including extreme temperatures in Europe, drought in Argentina, flooding in India, and hurricanes and wildfires in the United States.Read More →

Hurricane Harvey Links to Ocean Heat Content and Climate Change Adaptation

Published:May 2018

Author(s):Kevin E. Trenberth, Lijing Cheng, Peter Jacobs, Yongxin Zhang, John Fasullo

Publisher:Earth's Future

This article uses ocean and atmosphere observations to demonstrate links between increased upper ocean heat content due to global warming with the extreme rainfalls from recent hurricanes.Read More →

Quantitative Attribution of Climate Effects on Hurricane Harvey’s Extreme Rainfall in Texas

Published:April 2018

Author(s):S-Y Simon Wang, Lin Zhao, Jin-Ho Yoon, Phil Klotzbach, Robert R Gillies

Publisher:Environmental Research Letters

This study suggests that post-1980 climate warming could have contributed to the extreme precipitation of Hurricane Harvey. Read More →

Attribution of Extreme Rainfall from Hurricane Harvey

Published:January 2018

Author(s):Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Karin van der Wiel, Antonia Sebastian, Roop Singh, Julie Arrighi, Friederike Otto, Karsten Haustein, Sihan Li, Gabriel Vecchi, Heidi Cullen

Publisher:Environmental Research Letters

This report explores Hurricane Harvey, a positive trend in the intensity of extreme precipitation, global warming, and flood protection in Houston. Read More →

Extreme Rainfall (R20mm, RX5day) in Yangtze–Huai, China, in June–July 2016: The Role of ENSO and Anthropogenic Climate Change

Published:January 2018

Author(s):Qiaohong Sun, Chiyuan Miao

Publisher:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Both the 2015/16 strong El Niño and anthropogenic factors contributed to the June–July 2016 extreme precipitation (R20mm, RX5day) in Yangtze–Huai, China. Combined, they increased the risk of the event tenfold.Read More →

Future Changes in Event Attribution Methodologies

Published:January 2018

Author(s):Peter A. Stott, Nikos Christidis, Stephanie C. Herring, Andrew Hoell, James P. Kossin, Carl J. Schreck III

Publisher:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

This report covers a range of events, including rain storms, droughts, tropical storms, and wildfires, as well as heat waves. Read More →

Attribution of the July 2016 Extreme Precipitation Event Over China’s Wuhang

Published:January 2018

Author(s):Chunlüe Zhou, Kaicun Wang, Dan Qi

Publisher:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Human-induced warming and El Niño may have substantially increased the probability of the occurrence of such events as the July 2016 extreme precipitation over China’s Wuhan.Read More →

Attributable Human-Induced Changes in the Likelihood and Magnitude of the Observed Extreme Precipitation During Hurricane Harvey

Published:December 2017

Author(s):Mark Risser, Michael Wehner

Publisher:Geophysical Research Letters

This report analyzes observed precipitation to find that human-induced climate change likely increased the chances of the observed precipitation accumulations during Hurricane Harvey in the most affected areas of Houston. Read More →

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