Torrential rains increase in warming world, SE Asia tops rise: — Megan Rowling (@meganrowling)July 8 , 2015
The Environment Agency warned 30mm of rain could fall in an hour in some areas during the torrential downpours, increasing the risk of localised and flash flooding.
However, their buffer capacity might be overwhelmed during some torrential rains, increasing catchment connectivity and modifying the hydrological behavior and subsequent water erosion measured at the catchment outlet.
"The effects of human-induced climate change are being felt in every corner of the United States, scientists reported Tuesday, with water growing scarcer in dry regions, torrential rains increasing in wet regions, heat waves becoming more common and more severe, wildfires growing worse, and forests dying under assault from heat-loving insects.
Fresh downpours of torrential rain have increased the misery of Tacloban residents, sleeping in the ruins of their homes or in the open.
More than five million people have been affected so far, a number expected to increase as torrential rains continue to fall.
Landslides have occurred more frequently due to increase in torrential rains and the blockage of food transportation.
We hypothesized that although elevated precipitation may increase mosquito populations, torrential downpours may decrease them.
Researchers have found that the species, which has lost 20% of its population globally since 1987, faces a growing threat from increasing numbers of torrential rainstorms and sweltering heat waves caused by climate change, which could accelerate the species' decline.
Having drains that work might seem a strange example in this context, but given the increasing frequency of torrential downpours generated by climate change in many parts of the world, these basic items of infrastructure are extremely important.
