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What the Floods in Texas Tell Us About Climate Change

As a climate scientist who calls Texas home, I can tell you that the Hill Country of Texas is no stranger to flooding. Meteorologists often refer to it as “Flash Flood Alley” because of its steep terrain, shallow soils, and its history of sudden and intense rainfall.

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How climate change is contributing to flash flood events across the country

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How climate change is worsening flooding and heavy rainfall

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How to Help Texas Flood Victims

On July 6, President Donald Trump signed a major disaster declaration for Kerr County, which provides access to federal funding to aid in recovery efforts.

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Trump in Texas as flood tragedy deepens with new storms brewing, ongoing search for over 150 missing

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Texas Hill Country keeps close eye on next wave of storms headed to state after deadly flooding

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Climate change helped fuel heavy rains that caused Hill Country floods, experts say

Warming ocean temperatures and warmer air mean there’s more water vapor in the atmosphere to fuel extreme downpours like those that struck Texas during the July 4 weekend.

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Floods, hurricanes, heat: New poll shows Americans fear rise of extreme weather

Most Americans fear extreme weather is getting worse, a new USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds, a concern underscored by the rising death toll from flash floods in central Texas.

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Climate Change and You: The folly of human control

This edition of Mint's ‘Climate Change and You’ newsletter discusses the coevolution of primates and fleshy fruits, the floods in Himachal Pradesh and Texas, and some games with a green bent.

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Climate change makes South Asia’s monsoon season more prone to floods, landslides and heavy rains

Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing relief from heat, irrigating the country’s farms and replenishing its rivers.

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Trump spending cuts, his approach to climate change attacked as catalyst of catastrophic Texas flooding

Democrats criticize Trump's cuts to the National Weather Service and his approach to climate change after at least 59 people died in major Texas floods that occurred over the July 4th holiday.