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Climate change helped fuel heavy rains that caused Hill Country floods, experts say
Warming ocean temperatures and warmer air mean there’s more water vapor in the atmosphere to fuel exteme downpours like those ...
The Problem With Linking Climate Change to a Specific Event
Researchers agree that climate change has made torrential downpours more frequent— but the science gets murky when examining ...
How climate change is making natural disasters deadlier
At least 119 are dead and over 170 people are still missing after the catastrophic flooding in Texas. NBC News’ Jay Gray and ...
Climate change worsened rainfall that triggered Camp Mystic floods: ‘Like steroids for the weather’
President Trump and Gov. Abbott have downplayed the link between extreme weather and climate change. Scientists say the warming climate is making storms worse.
Bill Nye Says Preventing Disasters Like Texas Flood Is Possible, but Congress Denies Climate Change Exists | Video
Bill Nye knows that if Congress stopped denying the existence of climate change, disasters like the Texas Flash Flood could ...
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4 things to know about SoCal’s flood systems in the wake of the Texas tragedy
Nearly a century ago, L.A. County suffered the deadliest dam failure in U.S. history. Design flaws caused the St. Francis Dam ...
Intense downpours like those in Texas are more frequent, but there’s no telling where they’ll happen
Going back through U.S. weather station records dating to 1955, Kunkel found that rain over the past 20 years has become more ...
Devastating Texas floods highlight need for coordination, experience amid Trump era service cuts
As the death toll continues to rise and search and rescue teams continue to look for victims, the devastating flood in Kerr ...