Article 3JRZX Flooding and heavy rains rise 50% worldwide in a decade, figures show

Flooding and heavy rains rise 50% worldwide in a decade, figures show

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Arthur Neslen
from Environment | The Guardian on (#3JRZX)

Such extreme weather events are now happening four times more than in 1980, according to a European science paper

Global floods and extreme rainfall events have surged by more than 50% this decade, and are now occurring at a rate four times higher than in 1980, according to a new report.

Other extreme climatological events such as storms, droughts and heatwaves have increased by more than a third this decade and are being recorded twice as frequently as in 1980, the paper by the European Academies' Science Advisory Council (Easac) says.

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