Flooding depends on many factors but what’s truly shocking is the amount of rain falling from the sky. So many such events in the past few days.
Exhibit 1: Zhengzhou, China: year's worth of rain (25 inches) in one day, about 8 inches of that came down in just one hour.
Exhibit 1: Zhengzhou, China: year's worth of rain (25 inches) in one day, about 8 inches of that came down in just one hour.
https://twitter.com/PeterGleick/status/1418338770542227457
Exhibit 2: Maharashtra, India: many places with over 8 inches in one day with some receiving up to 17 inches in one day. Whooping 800% above normal rainfall in some places this season. en.gaonconnection.com/heavy-rainfall…
Exhibit 3: Lagos, Nigeria
https://twitter.com/mulindwa_guy/status/1417130737573285895?s=20
Exhibit 4: Turkey: Over 8 inches in one day floodlist.com/asia/turkey-fl…
https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status/1418329473829715975?s=20
Exhibit 5: Germany: More than a dozen #heavyrains records broken. theguardian.com/environment/20…
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