A new rapid analysis concludes that the extreme rainfall and flooding caused by Tropical Storm Imelda was made more likely and intense due to global warming.
Rapid attribution of the extreme rainfall in Texas from Tropical Storm Imelda
Extreme rainfall
The August 2017 Bangladesh floods
In August 2017 Bangladesh faced one of its worst river flooding events in recent history. Scientists performed an attribution of this precipitation-induced flooding to anthropogenic climate change from a combined meteorological and hydrological perspective.
Exceptionally high monsoon rainfall in Kerala, 2018
Torrential rain in South West India has led to widespread flooding – we are currently working on an analysis which will be available at the end of September.
Extreme rainfall in Japan, 2018 – a quick look
On 6 and 7 July 2018, torrential rains came down on parts of southwestern Japan, especially around Hiroshima, Wakayama and Okayama. The resulting flash floods and landslides killed at least 200 people and caused immense damage.
UK Storm Desmond revisited, December 2017
Two years on from Storm Desmond, all measurements from that time have been made available allowing scientists to revisit their original attribution analysis and demonstrate the robustness of the approach.