Climate change made the extreme rainfall from hurricane Helene more severe. Over at The Climate Brink I explore the links between heavy rainfall and warming (particularly for hurricanes) and review two preliminary attribution studies: www.theclimatebrink....

Climate change made Helene's rainfall more severe

Early modeling results suggest significantly more rainfall from the storm due to historical warming

One thing to note: while we should prepare for a future of more extreme precipitation events, we also need to do a better job preparing for the type of extremes we have seen in the past. We need better climate adaptation, not just climate change adaptation.

I believe it is high time to hold all climate change denialists and those who during the last 40 years opposed efforts to get rid of fossil fuels accountable.