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Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change is making them stronger

  • Written by Tom Corringham, Postdoctoral Scholar in Climate, Atmospheric Science and Physical Oceanography, University of California San Diego
Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change is making them strongerRescue workers sift through debris after a mudslide that destroyed three homes on a hillside in Sausalito, Calif., Feb. 14, 2019, during an atmospheric river storm.AP Photo/Michael Short

Ask people to name the world’s largest river, and most will probably guess that it’s the Amazon, the Nile or the Mississippi. In fact, some of...

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