Main finding:
Exceptional January–September total precipitation contributed to flooding across the mid-Atlantic United States from May to September 2018, and was made 1.1 to 2.3 times more likely by anthropogenic climate change.
Larger report:
EEE 2018 = Explaining Extreme Events of 2017 from a Climate Perspective
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