There may be a dusting of truth to allergy sufferers’ complaints that this season is, well, a bigger headache than years past. Heavy snow and rain in some parts of the country have nourished a profusion of tree pollen, while a sudden shift to warm, sunny weather has made its release more robust. Add in [...]
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Nashville flood – a 1,000 year event
Maps and analysis by NOAA illustrating the Nashville flood as a once in a thousand year event. – By Hunter Cutting
Nashville Flood: eyewitness account
Four days after rainstorms pummeled my hometown, problems mount. Major portions of the city are still submerged beneath floodwaters. Thousands are displaced from their homes, the contents of their lives soaked, mud-caked and molding. Thousands more have no electricity or plumbing. The city faces severe drinking water shortages, with several water treatment facilities paralyzed. in [...]
Nashville flood demonstrates impacts of climate change
With torrential rains and record flooding hitting the Nashville area, Tennesseans are getting a first-hand glimpse of the future due to climate change. While individual storms can be driven by a number of factors, more frequent and heavy rains are one of the impacts of climate change that people are already experiencing in many areas [...]
Rain and Flooding in Lower Mississippi Valley breaks more than 200 records
Photo credit: kevindooley via Flickr NOAA/NCDC State of the Climate Global Hazards report for May 2010 – By Hunter Cutting A storm system that stagnated over the Lower Mississippi Valley on May 1st–2nd killed 29 people and flooded thousands of homes and businesses. The storms spawned dozens of tornadoes and brought record amounts of rain [...]
