Water diverted to central California's farmlands boosts rainfall in nearby states and may even exacerbate periodic flooding in some regions, a new study suggests.
The Arabian outbreak followed increased rainfall in nearby highlands that flooded the coastal areas and created ideal environments for mosquito populations similar to those found in RVF-endemic regions of East Africa (4 ).
Given the scarcity of reliable meteorological stations, transfer of rainfall data from nearby stations to the dam sites was necessary.
It produced heavy rainfall on the nearby island, and later caused damage in western Cuba.
The September 2011 flood was caused by remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, which dumped 11.36 inches of rainfall in the nearby village of Shunk in Fox Township in Sullivan County (just north of the creek's source).
Total annual rainfall at the nearby Muñoz Marin International Airport (5 7 km) during 2008 was 1,388 mm, and mean annual temperature was 27.0°C.
Despite wet and dry periods, no long-term trend appears in the annual rainfall record for nearby Tombstone, AZ (Fig. 2), for the period 1913 2002 (MacNish and others 2009; Pool and Coes 1999; Thomas and Pool 2006).
Weather variables and soil moisture were recorded with an automatic weather station located nearby, while rainfall and irrigation amounts were recorded with rain gauges located in the experimental field.
Indeed, it is worse, for natural forest promotes cloud formation and local rainfall, and thus helps nearby farmers.
Poor correlation between yield at farm level and rainfall records at the nearby weather station results in spatial basis risk.
In nearby Sinaloa, rainfall from the storm led to an emergency evacuation of 500 residents.
