Storms 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 →

Poleward expansion of tropical cyclone latitudes in warming climates

Published:December 2021

Author(s):Joshua Studholme, Alexey V. Fedorov, Sergey K. Gulev, Kerry Emanuel, & Kevin Hodges

Publisher:Nature Geoscience

This study concludes that twenty-first century tropical cyclones will most probably occupy a broader range of latitudes than those of the past 3 million years.Read More →

Atlantic tropical cyclones downscaled from climate reanalyses show increasing activity over past 150 years

Published:December 2021

Author(s):Kerry Emanuel

Publisher:Nature Communications

This study uses a tropical cyclone downscaling model to show increasing tropical cyclone activity.Read More →

Sequential Landfall of Tropical Cyclones in the United States: From Historical Records to Climate Projections

Published:November 2021

Author(s):Dazhi Xi, Ning Lin

Publisher:Geophysical Research Letters

This study examines sequential landfalling tropical cyclones along U.S. East and Gulf Coasts.Read More →

Future Global Convective Environments in CMIP6 Models

Published:November 2021

Author(s):Chiara Lepore, Ryan Abernathey, Naomi Henderson, John T. Allen, Michael K. Tippett

Publisher:Earth's Future

This study shows how severe weather proxies change as a function of global temperature increase.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 →

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