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Recent increases in tropical cyclone precipitation extremes over the US east coast
Study significance & key findings
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Sluggish hurricanes are dumping more rain over the coastal Southeast than in centuries past thanks to climate change.
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Over 300 years of tree ring data show how rainfall from hurricanes has changed in the Carolinas.
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Extremes in tropical cyclone precipitation have increased between 64 to 128 millimeters (2.52 to 5.04 inches) compared with the early 1700s, mostly in the last six decades
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