Climate Change Doubles Europe's September Rainfall Risk

Published: Sep. 26, 2024

The air grew heavy with anticipation, a tangible dread clinging to the atmosphere as torrential rain lashed down across Central and Eastern Europe. The deluge, a relentless assault on the land, left behind a trail of devastation, with the town of Nysa, southwestern Poland, bearing the brunt of the fury. But this was no ordinary storm. A chilling new study revealed that human-caused climate change had played a sinister role, doubling the likelihood of this devastating rainfall.