Are Floods Dramatically Increasing Due to Climate Change?
Part one of a two-part series: The natural hazard of floods.
PATRICK T BROWN
MAY 06, 2024
Flooding is among the most consequential natural hazards and globally accounts for tens of thousands of deaths per year and hundreds of billions of dollars of damage per year.
When rivers overrun their banks or flash floods occur from extreme rainfall, many media outlets will reflexively report on the flooding as though we are in a fundamentally new situation due to climate change.
Consider the following headlines:
The Washington Post when major flooding hit the United States last summer: “Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the brink.”
The New York Times headline reported major floods in Vermont last year, “Showed the Limits of America’s Efforts to Adapt to Climate Change.”
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