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French authorities issued highest flood warnings across four western departments, and Bordeaux prepared to open shelters as Storm Pedro threatened historic river levels and major flooding on Thursday.
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A rapid analysis of floods in Southern Africa between Dec 2025 and Jan 2026 finds climate change intensified extreme rainfall.
Scientists say heavy downpours are becoming more likely in a warmer world. Impacts were worsened by social and structural vulnerabilities, with Mozambique hardest hit.
Scientists say heavy downpours are becoming more likely in a warmer world. Impacts were worsened by social and structural vulnerabilities, with Mozambique hardest hit.
Floods linked to climate change hit nearly 1 million in Southern Africa
Devastating floods that swept across Southern Africa since December 2025, killing at least 280 people and affecting almost a million, were likely intensified by the impacts of climate change,…
news.mongabay.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:14 PM
A rapid analysis of floods in Southern Africa between Dec 2025 and Jan 2026 finds climate change intensified extreme rainfall.
Scientists say heavy downpours are becoming more likely in a warmer world. Impacts were worsened by social and structural vulnerabilities, with Mozambique hardest hit.
Scientists say heavy downpours are becoming more likely in a warmer world. Impacts were worsened by social and structural vulnerabilities, with Mozambique hardest hit.
by Prem Sikka
Rising sea levels will increase likelihood of floods.
February 18, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Rising sea levels will increase likelihood of floods.
Reposted by Johan P. Olsen
Man-made climate change intensified the rain that fell over Spain’s Valencia region in 2024, when flash floods and landslides caused at least 230 deaths and an estimated €29 billion in damages
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Climate Change Made Deadly Valencia Floods More Intense
Man-made climate change intensified the rain that fell over Spain’s Valencia region in 2024, when flash floods and landslides caused at least 230 deaths and an estimated €29 billion in damages ($34 bi...
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February 18, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Man-made climate change intensified the rain that fell over Spain’s Valencia region in 2024, when flash floods and landslides caused at least 230 deaths and an estimated €29 billion in damages
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Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Human-induced climate change amplification on storm dynamics in Valencia’s 2024 catastrophic flash flood
It increased 6-hr rainfall rate by 21%, expanded the area with >180 mm of rain by 55%, and raised total rain volume in the Jucar River catchment by 19% (+pre-ind)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It increased 6-hr rainfall rate by 21%, expanded the area with >180 mm of rain by 55%, and raised total rain volume in the Jucar River catchment by 19% (+pre-ind)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Human-induced climate change amplification on storm dynamics in Valencia’s 2024 catastrophic flash flood - Nature Communications
This study reveals how climate change altered storm dynamics during the 2024 Valencia floods. Warmer seas fueled stronger updrafts, increasing rainfall intensity by 20% and significantly amplifying fl...
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February 18, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Human-induced climate change amplification on storm dynamics in Valencia’s 2024 catastrophic flash flood
It increased 6-hr rainfall rate by 21%, expanded the area with >180 mm of rain by 55%, and raised total rain volume in the Jucar River catchment by 19% (+pre-ind)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It increased 6-hr rainfall rate by 21%, expanded the area with >180 mm of rain by 55%, and raised total rain volume in the Jucar River catchment by 19% (+pre-ind)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Peter Thorne, Peter Jacobs
Human-induced climate change amplification on storm dynamics in Valencia's 2024 catastrophic flash flood - @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Human-induced climate change amplification on storm dynamics in Valencia’s 2024 catastrophic flash flood - Nature Communications
This study reveals how climate change altered storm dynamics during the 2024 Valencia floods. Warmer seas fueled stronger updrafts, increasing rainfall intensity by 20% and significantly amplifying fl...
www.nature.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Human-induced climate change amplification on storm dynamics in Valencia's 2024 catastrophic flash flood - @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Brigitte Nerlich
France issues red flood alerts after ‘exceptional’ rainfall
Climate experts "have been warning us for a long time that events like this will happen more often - in fact, tomorrow has arrived”, says minister
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Climate experts "have been warning us for a long time that events like this will happen more often - in fact, tomorrow has arrived”, says minister
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
France issues red flood alerts after ‘exceptional’ rainfall
Aftermath of Storm Nils causes chaos across country with flooding under way or expected on Garonne, Maine and Loire rivers
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
France issues red flood alerts after ‘exceptional’ rainfall
Climate experts "have been warning us for a long time that events like this will happen more often - in fact, tomorrow has arrived”, says minister
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Climate experts "have been warning us for a long time that events like this will happen more often - in fact, tomorrow has arrived”, says minister
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...