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West Virginia and Virginia Flood June 2016
Greenbrier, WV, USA
Once-in-a-thousand year rainfall in West Virginia drove record-breaking flooding in which at least 23 lives were lost. Climate change increases the risk of flooding by increasing the frequency of extreme precipitation. Warmer air holds more water, leading to stronger and more frequent heavy precipitation events, a global trend that has been firmly attributed to climate change. In the northeastern region of the US that includes West Virginia extreme precipitation has increased 71 percent from 1958 to 2012.
Jan 10, 2017 | NOAA Climate.gov
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Sep 20, 2016 | Associated Press
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Aug 3, 2016 | EPA / Climate Change Indicators Report 2016
Map: Change in the Frequency of River Flooding in the United States, 1965–2015
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Jul 13, 2016 | National Climate Assessment
Map: Observed Change in Very Heavy Precipitation
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Jul 8, 2016 | NOAA / PRISM
Map: Rainfall on June 23, 2016
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Climate of the weakly-forced yet high-impact convective storms throughout the Ohio River Valley and Mid-Atlantic United States
Jun 24, 2016 | Geophysical Research Letters
Characterization of increased persistence and intensity of precipitation in the northeastern United States
Feb 3, 2016 | Nature Climate Change
The changing nature of flooding across the central United States
West Virginia and Virginia Flood June 2016
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