UNC Study: Storms with heavy rainfall are the new normal

UNC Study: Storms with heavy rainfall are the new normal

5 years ago
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https://www.wral.com/unc-study-storms-with-heavy-rainfall-are-the-new-normal/18542498/

All caused significant damage due to flooding, and it's a trend a recent study from UNC shows could be caused by a changing climate.

"They all had one thing in common, and that is very high rainfall and extensive flooding, so we got interested in that and decided to explore the long-term dataset for North Carolina," said Hans Paerl, a professor at the UNC-Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City.