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Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding, and climate change is making them stronger

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2021-10-28

Ask people to name the world's largest river, and most will probably guess that it's the Amazon, the Nile or the Mississippi. In fact, some of Earth's largest rivers are in the sky—and they can produce powerful storms, like the ones now drenching northern California.

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https://phys.org/news/2021-10-atmospheric-river-storms-costly-climate.html