Warming U.S. Could See Extreme Rains Increase Fivefold

[kebob]

Source: Climate Central

December 5th, 2016
By Andrea Thompson

When the skies open up and deluge an area, the results can be catastrophic, with roads washed out and homes destroyed by the resulting flash floods. Such extreme downpours are already occurring more often across the U.S., but a new study finds that as global temperatures rise, storms could dump considerably more rain and skyrocket in frequency.


A car lies submerged in the Tall Timbers subdivision after flooding near Shreveport, La., on March 9, 2016, caused by torrential rains

The study, detailed Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, suggests that storms that now occur about once a season now could happen five times a season by century’s end, a 400 percent increase.

And when such storms do occur, they could produce up to 70 percent more rain. That means that an intense thunderstorm that would today drop about 2 inches of rain would drop 3.5 inches in the future.

Such massive amounts of rain occurring more often could put significant strain on infrastructure that already struggles to deal with heavy rainfall, as seen across the country this year in places from Louisiana to West Virginia.

Read more: http://www.climatecentral.org/news/us-could-see-increase-in-extreme-rains-20935

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And it can't be prayed away.

[rickford66]

1. That's God answering prayers for rain to fight the fires caused by liberal (insert nonsense).

[Sunlei]

2. all that fresh water

[DK504]

9. And not one damn official do a damn thing

to make rain collection an important program, nor will the gubmint do a damn thing to divert those millions of gallons to drought areas around the country.

We are killing ourselves with our apathy and ignorance.

[Kablooie]

3. As California, which produces a huge proportion of US produce, will continue it's extreme drought.

Can't we just build fans that blow the clouds to the west?

[bucolic_frolic]

4. In times of crisis, all systems fail

Insurance is only going to cover all this for awhile, and there will be
premium increases

Natural resources can only replace everything so many times

[beachbum bob]

5. Watch insurance industry and rising premium costs.

The cost is hitting in coastal areas now....for those denying climate change....hard to ignore skyrocketing insurance cost

[pansypoo53219]

6. on a high spot. new gutters and drain pipes away from the foundation, plus midwest.

[TexasBushwhacker]

7. We already have a big problem in Houston

Torrential rains and flat topography are a bad combo. Even if we had enough drainage, the water just can't move fast enough because there's no "downhill".

More drainage helps, but that costs tax dollars which people don't want to pay.

[C Moon]

8. I actually heard this on AM news radio in Los Angeles...

well, they didn't link it to global warming, but they did mention that extreme downpours are going to become more the norm in coming years—that's a start, anyway.

[ancianita]

10. Heavy rains shouldn't be wasted while drought conditions exist elsewhere. Catchment and cistern

systems are gaining traction in California. Australia has a cistern system.

This country could do better to convert some pipeline building to waterline building, and oil trucking to water trucking. If water access and distribution weren't so privatized. Lookin' at you, Nestle.

If states would quit giving tax subsidies to globalists, they could afford to invest in water catchment and preservation systems, which could lower other production costs.

[Hekate]

11. Let's add: in places that still get rain. California isn't getting much these past 6 years

[GReedDiamond]

12. "And it can't be prayed away"...

...that's what ARCS are for! Praise Jeebus!!