{"id":27287,"date":"2008-08-08T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:37:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:37:24","slug":"2287-global-warming-linked-to-flooding-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/2287-global-warming-linked-to-flooding-rains\/","title":{"rendered":"Global warming linked to flooding rains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A study by Richard P Allan of the University of Reading, in the United Kingdom, and Brian J Soden at the University of Miami, in the United States, showed a rise in the heaviest tropical rains twice that produced by computer models used to assess how climate change could change rainfall, the New York Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>Experts warned that flooding would hit developing countries hardest, with poor drainage systems grinding cities to a halt.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Flash flooding can cause damage to settlements and societies. It can contaminate ground water, drinking supplies, with potential health effects,&quot; Allan told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>see <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/08\/08\/science\/earth\/08rain.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss&amp;oref=slogin\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists studying the tropics have found a strong link between warm periods and an increase in the most extreme downpours, reports said on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_has_post_settings":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"country":[],"class_list":["post-27287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin 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