Extreme Rainfall Archives - Climate Attribution

The role of human-induced climate change in heavy rainfall events such as the one associated with Typhoon Hagibis

Published:May 2022

Author(s):Sihan Li & Friederike E. L. Otto

Publisher:Climatic Change

This study estimates that roughly $4 billion of the damages due to the extreme heavy rainfall associated with Typhoon Hagibis are due to human-induced climate change.Read More →

Climate change exacerbated rainfall causing devastating flooding in Eastern South Africa

Published:May 2022

Author(s):Izidine Pinto, Mariam Zachariah, Piotr Wolski, Stephanie Landman, Vanetia Phakula, Wisani Maluleke, Mary-Jane Bopape, Christien Engelbrecht, Christopher Jack, Alice McClure, Remy Bonnet, Robert Vautard, Sjoukje Philip, Sarah Kew, Dorothy Heinrich, Maja Vahlberg, Roop Singh, Julie Arrighi, Lisa Thalheimer, Maarten van Aalst, Sihan Li, Jingru Sun , Gabriel Vecchi, Wenchang Yang, Jordis Tradowsky, Friederike E. L. Otto, Romeo Dipura

Publisher:World Weather Attribution

This study assesses the role of climate change in flooding in Eastern South Africa.Read More →

Accelerating flash droughts induced by the joint influence of soil moisture depletion and atmospheric aridity

Published:May 2022

Author(s):Yamin Qing, Shuo Wang, Brian C. Ancell & Zong-Liang Yang

Publisher:Nature Communications

This study assesses the rates and causes of flash floods.Read More →

Attribution of 2020 hurricane season extreme rainfall to human-induced climate change

Published:April 2022

Author(s):Kevin A. Reed, Michael F. Wehner & Colin M. Zarzycki

Publisher:Nature Communications

This study quantifies the impact of human-induced climate change on the extreme 3-hourly storm rainfall rates and extreme 3-day accumulated rainfall amounts during the full 2020 hurricane season.Read More →

Climate change increased rainfall associated with tropical cyclones hitting highly vulnerable communities in Madagascar, Mozambique & Malawi

Published:April 2022

Author(s):Friederike E. L. Otto, Mariam Zachariah, Piotr Wolski, Izidine Pinto, Rondrotiana Barimalala, Bernardino Nhamtumbo, Remy Bonnet, Robert Vautard, Sjoukje Philip, Sarah Kew, Linh N. Luu, Dorothy Heinrich, Maja Vahlberg, Roop Singh, Julie Arrighi, Lisa Thalheimer, Maarten van Aalst, Sihan Li, Jingru Sun, Gabriel Vecchi, Luke J. Harrington

Publisher:World Weather Attribution

This study analyses how human-induced climate change affected the 3-day average annual maximum rainfall in the regions worst hit by Tropical Storm Ana and Tropical Cyclone Batsirai.Read More →

Atmospheric River Precipitation Enhanced by Climate Change: A Case Study of the Storm That Contributed to California’s Oroville Dam Crisis

Published:February 2022

Author(s):Allison C. Michaelis, Alexander Gershunov, Alexander Weyant, Meredith A. Fish, Tamara Shulgina, F. Martin Ralph

Publisher:Earth's Future

This study assesses how climate change impacts atmospheric river precipitation.Read More →

Assessment of Historic and Future Trends of Extreme Weather in Texas, 1900-2036

Published:October 2021

Author(s):John Nielsen-Gammon, Sara Holman, Austin Buley, Savannah Jorgensen

Publisher:Texas A&M University Office of the Texas State Climatologist

This report analyzes historic observations of temperature, precipitation, and extreme weather in Texas and identifies ongoing and likely future trends out to the year 2036.Read More →

Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes

Published:September 2021

Author(s):Wim Thiery, Stefan Lange, Joeri Rogelj, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Lukas Gudmundsson, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Marina Andrijevic, Katja Frieler, Kerry Emanuel, Tobias Geiger, David N. Bresch, Fang Zhao, Sven N. Willner, Matthias Büchner, Jan Volkholz, Nico Bauer, Jinfeng Chang, Philippe Ciais, Marie Dury, Louis François, Manolis Grillakis, Simon N. Gosling, Naota Hanasaki, Thomas Hickler, Veronika Huber, Akihiko Ito, Jonas Jägermeyr, Nikolay Khabarov, Aristeidis Koutroulis, Wenfeng Liu, Wolfgang Lutz, Matthias Mengel, Christoph Müller, Sebastian Ostberg, Christopher P. O. Reyer, Tobias Stacke, Yoshihide Wada

Publisher:Science

This study estimates that, under current climate pledges, children born in 2020 will experience a two- to sevenfold increase in extreme events, particularly heat waves, compared with people born in 1960.Read More →

Anthropogenic influence on extreme precipitation over global land areas seen in multiple observational datasets

Published:July 2021

Author(s):Gavin D. Madakumbura, Chad W. Thackeray, Jesse Norris, Naomi Goldenson & Alex Hall

Publisher:Nature Communications

Climate change is rendering hurricanes, monsoons and other extreme events more destructive all over the world. Read More →

A Global, Continental, and Regional Analysis of Changes in Extreme Precipitation

Published:December 2020

Author(s):Qiaohong Sun, Xuebin Zhang, Francis Zwiers, Seth Westra, Lisa V. Alexander

Publisher:American Meteorological Society

This paper provides an updated analysis of observed changes in extreme precipitation using high-quality station data up to 2018.Read More →

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