Tag: downpours

Mar222021 by adminNo Comments

Towns cut off and 18,000 people evacuated as downpours intensify in Australia

World

Hundreds of people have been rescued and around 18,000 evacuated as record rain brought more extreme flooding to Australia's east coast.Emergency services fear up to 54,000 people could be displaced, with rain forecast to continue until Wednesday. Prime Minister Scott Morrison told parliament that 35 communities in northern New South Wales had been isolated and emergency services had conducted more than 700 flood rescues. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Aerial footage shows flooding in New South Wales "We are gr...

Jul242017 by adminNo Comments

High risk of 'unprecedented' winter downpours – Met Office

Science

There's an increased risk of "unprecedented" winter downpours such as those that caused extensive flooding in 2014, the UK Met Office says. Their study suggests there's now a one in three chance of monthly rainfall records being broken in England and Wales in winter. The estimate reflects natural variability plus changes in the UK climate as a result of global warming. But a supercomputer was needed to understand the scale of increased risk.Across the winter of 2013-14, a series of storms hit the UK leading to extensive flooding in many parts. The amount of rain that fell in much of southern England and the Midlands was the heaviest in 100 years. Cleaning up from the resulting floods took time and money - the bill for the Thames valley alone was over £1bn. Met Office researchers say that t...