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Climate change implicated in Germany’s deadly floods

Attribution study suggests extreme flood events will become more common in Western Europe as the world warms.
  1. Holly Else
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Cars are seen floating in a flooded street in Valkenburg, Netherlands.

Record rainfall caused severe flooding in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands (pictured) this year. Credit: Patrick van Katwijk/BSR Agency/Getty

Extraordinary downpours such as those responsible for deadly flooding in Western Europe last month are becoming more frequent, and more intense, as a result of climate change. That’s the finding of a rapid attribution study by researchers involved in the World Weather Attribution initiative, which assesses whether global warming is a factor in extreme weather events.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02330-y

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