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Days of intense rain and snowmelt overwhelmed old dams and breached roads, forcing evacuations. Nearly half the counties in Michigan – often seen as a climate haven – were under a state of emergency.
Wellington’s extreme deluge was caused by an unfortunate combination of weather factors. But a warming climate is upping the odds of more of these events in future.
New models show NZ’s heaviest rainfall is likely to grow more intense and frequent, with some regions facing twice as many extreme events by 2100.
Severe floods hit parts of South Africa in January 2026, damaging roads and forcing evacuations.
Two South African insurance companies are suing the government after large companies suffered catastrophic damage in 2022 floods.
Risk models can’t rely just on the past anymore. A team of geoscientists suggests new ways to forecast evolving hazards in real time as cascading disaster risk worsens.
Flooding in eastern NSW shows just how vulnerable rural catchments and regional communities are to extreme and extended rainfall events.
From dried-up rivers to flooded crops and cities, rising temperatures in 2024 wreaked havoc with water, creating life-threatening challenges for people and nature alike. Explore this interactive map.
New research examines the link between extreme weather and divorce in a small monogamous tropical songbird, the Seychelles warbler. Concerningly, extreme rain and dry spells increased divorce rates.
A powerful storm hitting the West Coast combines these phenomena for a wet week of erratic weather, as a meteorologist explains.
To prepare for more intense floods supercharged by climate change, we have to build infrastructure able to tolerate new extremes
On land, Australia has already passed 1.5°C of warming, bringing lower streamflows, more fire weather and marine heatwaves.
Planet-scale oscillations in the atmosphere can wreak havoc with rainfall in Australia’s north, according to new research.
Mounting evidence shows rainfall is becoming increasingly variable, making the dry times drier and the wet much wetter. New findings confirm research into rainfall variability in Australia.
Why have we seen so many extreme floods in recent years? Climate change is supercharging thunderstorms, adding moisture and heat.
Too much pavement and old drainage systems are just two of the problems communities face.
Weather forecasting is improving at a great rate, even though climate change could be making it tougher.
These giant rivers in the sky are both destructive and essential for the Western U.S. water supply.
We all know climate change makes extreme weather more likely. But it’s also loading the dice for quick-forming drought, sudden and intense rainfall and fast-forming tropical storms.
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Principal Research Scientist in Extreme Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
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Professor of Hydrology and Climate Risk, Adelaide University
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Sydney Horizon Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor Emeritus of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Professor of Hydrology and Geomorphology, Cardiff University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor in Climate Science, Monash University
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Distinguished Scholar, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor in Physical Geography, University of Liverpool
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Principal research scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Associate Professor, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience, University of Florida
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Research Assistant, GRIT Lab, University of Toronto