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'Like something you watch in a movie': climate crisis intensifies with catastrophic floods

Guardian, 20 Oct 2022
Catastrophic floods around the world are triggering warnings of unprecedented natural disaster – and the human-induced climate crisis is amplifying the damage.
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Floods are natural phenomena, a result of storms, but the climate crisis is amplifying their damage. Rising sea levels, driven by melting glaciers and the thermal expansion of water, are increasingly inundating coastal areas, while warmer temperatures are causing more moisture to accumulate in the atmosphere, which is released as rain or snow.

Scientists have said flash floods are becoming a problem in some countries, with short, severe bursts of rain causing anything from inconvenience to mayhem

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