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Hurricane Maria’s catastrophic rains are linked to global warming

The violent storm dropped more than 1 metre of rain at one site in Puerto Rico in 24 hours.
Residents wade through flood waters at their home days after Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico

The torrential rainfall that flooded Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria in 2017 has been attributed, in part, to warming of the ocean and atmosphere. Credit: Alex Wroblewski/Getty

Climate change is partly to blame for the heavy rains of Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico in 2017.

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Nature 569, 8 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01280-w

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