Event
France and Germany Floods May - June 2016
Paris, France
An extreme low-pressure system stalled and dumped massive amounts of rain across western Europe at the end of May and early June, causing major flooding in France and Germany. Portions of northeast France received six full weeks of rain in 24-hours. The storm fits the current pattern experienced in the warming world in which higher temperatures are driving more intense rainfall events.
Jun 30, 2016 | Deutsche Welle
Climate change is making our summers more extreme
Jun 9, 2016 | Climate Central
Recent Deluge in France Boosted By Warming
Jun 5, 2016 | WSJ
Paris Hopes Threat of Flooding Has Passed as Seine River Water Levels Fall
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Jul 5, 2016 | World Weather Attribution
Report: European Rainstorms, May 2016
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Jun 13, 2016 | World Weather Attribution; NOAA/NCEP/CPC
Maps: Mean rainfall from May 29 – 31 in France; Germany 1-day max precip
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Jun 3, 2016 | European Environment Agency, Hall et al 2014
Map: Summary of observed flood changes in Europe
Oct 10, 2016 | Journal of Climate
Global Water Vapor Trend from 1988 to 2011 and Its Diurnal Asymmetry Based on GPS, Radiosonde, and Microwave Satellite Measurements
Mar 8, 2016 | Nature Climate Change
More extreme precipitation in the world’s dry and wet regions
Jun 2, 2016 | Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Understanding climate change projections for precipitation over western Europe with a weather typing approach
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