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NEW STUDY: Winter downpours are getting heavier in parts of Spain, Portugal and Morocco as the region recovers from a month of relentless storms.

Between mid-January and mid-February nine named storms brought torrential rain hurricane force winds causing major damage & disruption.
In #Grazalema, southern Spain, over a year’s worth of rain fell in just a matter of days forcing the town’s population to evacuate

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NEW STUDY: Winter downpours are getting heavier in parts of Spain, Portugal and Morocco as the region recovers from a month of relentless storms. Between mid-January and mid-February nine named storms brought torrential rain hurricane force winds causing major damage and disruption. 1/5

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Observational-based data shows that the highest rainfall days are now approximately one-third wetter than they were before the planet warmed by 1.3°C

Carbon emissions are responsible for about an 11% increase in rainfall intensity in the northern region we studied.

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The southern region was impacted by an atmospheric river that gained additional moisture by passing over a marine heatwave in the Atlantic
Our colleagues at @climatecentral.org found that this marine heatwave was made 10x more likely by #climatechange The storms caused over 50 deaths and displaced hundreds of thousands of people, mostly in Morocco, and caused billions of Euros in damages.

You can read the full study here: https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/increasingly-severe-rainstorms-pose-growing-risk-for-people-and-structures-build-in-the-floodplains/