Victoria Park near the Auckland CBD on January 27.
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The more the climate warms, the heavier the storm rainfalls will become. The Auckland emergency shows how urgently adaptive measures are now needed.
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Globally, the air is getting hotter and drier, which means flash droughts and risky fire conditions are developing faster and more frequently.
A woman removes water from her house after heavy rains.
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Nigerians’ capacity to prevent, cope with and reduce flood risks is determined by access to housing, transport, drainage, income and education.
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Experts share their insights into Nigeria’s flooding challenge and steps needed to alleviate their worst effects.
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On Australia’s rainiest days, more than 30 trillion litres can fall from the skies.
Hurricane Ian’s water vapor on Sept. 28, 2022, meant heavy rainfall for large parts of Florida.
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Two hurricane and climate scientists explain what’s known – and still unknown – about global warming’s influence on intensity, rainfall and much more.
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High humidity, terrain and wind make rain forecasting particularly tricky in the tropics.
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The UK is no stranger to drought – especially southern England.
Breakdown in local canal that led to micro-drought situation in Humpata (Huíla).
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Despite international and national responses to the drought, the situation is dire. The government’s response is a lesson in how not to deal with drought.
At least 9 inches of rain across eastern Kentucky became floodwater that swept through neighborhoods in July 2022.
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Extreme downpours caught people off guard from Las Vegas to Kentucky in July 2022.
Fast-moving floodwater obliterated sections of major roads through Yellowstone National Park in 2022.
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Extreme downpours brought deadly flooding to the Appalachian region, just a few weeks after the destructive Yellowstone River flood.
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Again, thousands of residents in Western Sydney face a life-threatening flood disaster. Obviously, nature is a major culprit – but other drivers are also at play.
A man sits next to dead livestock in the village of Hargududo, Ethiopia, where there’s hardly been a drop of rain in 18 months.
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The ongoing humanitarian crisis raises serious questions about future food and water security in the Horn of Africa.
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Global warming is changing the high-altitude autumn winds over southeast Australia, which means less rain and trouble for air travel.
Meteorologist Todd Dankers monitors weather patterns in Boulder, Colorado, Oct. 24, 2018.
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Would you trust a weather forecast made by a machine that had learned how weather systems behaved by reviewing thousands of past weather maps?
Alien trees threaten biodiversity, increase the risk of wildfires and also guzzle water.
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Clearing alien trees from mountain catchments is a more cost-effective approach to providing water than building and maintaining desalination plants.
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New data has revealed rainfall records from as far back as 1677.
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By following moisture from the oceans to the land, researchers worked out exactly how three oceans conspire to deliver deluges of rain to eastern Australia.
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Tree rings are ‘nature’s weather stations’ and reveal far more of the Daly River’s history than scientific records can.
Flooding in Gympie, Queensland, February 26, 2022.
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A weather system called ‘atmospheric rivers’ is causing this inundation. In March last year, an atmospheric river brought 800kg of water vapour over Sydney every second.