Climate change made deadly floods in Western Europe at least 20 per cent more likely: study

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Climate change has made extreme rainfall events of the kind that sent lethal torrents of water hurtling through parts of Germany and Belgium last month at least 20 per cent more likely to happen in the region, scientists said Tuesday.

MADRID -- Climate change has made extreme rainfall events of the kind that sent lethal torrents of water hurtling through parts of Germany and Belgium last month at least 20% more likely to happen in the region, scientists said Tuesday.

Sign up for The Climate Barometer, delivering climate and environmental news to your inbox every week The July 12-15 rainfall over Europe triggered flooding that swept away houses and power lines, and left more than 200 people dead, mostly in Germany. Dozens died in Belgium and thousands were also forced to flee their homes in the Netherlands.

So they conducted their analysis over a wider area spanning parts of France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland. They used local weather records and computer simulations to compare the July flooding event with what might have been expected in a world unaffected by climate change.

 

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FAKE NEWS!

maybe the earth evolving is the culprit - scare tactics always work so lets manipulate the truth to satisfy our agenda and tell everyone it's their fault - Politicians will say anything to anyone if they will listen, same with MSM, manipulate the facts satisfy the readers

more likely is not a scientific term, it's conjecture SMH

Sure, sure.

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