#extremerainfall — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #extremerainfall, aggregated by home.social.
-
#ExtremeWeather events to become more frequent in #Ireland
By Eithne Dodd
Updated / Monday, 29 Dec 2025"2025 was the year climate scientists agreed it would be impossible to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
"The target was agreed by world leaders back in 2015.
"This means a certain amount of damage to the Earth's environment due to human-induced climate change is irreversible.
"In Ireland, several reports this year found that the state of the country's environment was getting worse.
"#MetÉireann climatologist Paul Moore explained that as Ireland warms, extreme weather events will become more frequent.
"Mr Moore told RTÉ’s This Week that sea level rise is 'locked in', even if global warming was limited to 1.5C.
" 'That means when we get an #ExtremeRainfall event and #HighTides or #SpringTides together, we have compound events where you get #TidalLock, you get #CoastalFlooding as well as the rainfall and not being able to run out into the sea,' he said.
"Mr Moore added: 'So those compound events where sea level rise will come in conjunction with storms and heavy rainfall events causing more impacts.
" 'That's something that's definitely going to increase.'
"There has been a 0.2 metre rise in the sea level off the Irish coast between 1901 and 2018.
"The National Climate Change Risk Assessment identified 115 risks for Ireland in a warming world, among them were coastal flooding, #erosion and #ExtremeWinds."
Read more:
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1228/1550730-global-warming-levels/#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SeaLevelRise #ExtremeWeather #IrelandWx #ExtremeWx
-
Oooh... floating cars. Now, where did I park the car?
-
'Unheard-of' Storm Brings Months of Rain to 2 States
Story by Anna Skinner, May 5, 2025
"An 'unheard-of' storm has flooded parts of southern Oklahoma and northern Texas after dumping 14 inches of rain in some cities over seven days.
"Two cities in #Oklahoma and one in #Texas broke their April rainfall records after receiving months' worth of rain during the unusually wet spring storms.
"The record levels come after more than a week of rain brought a deluge to parts of Oklahoma and Texas. Although the heavy precipitation helped remedy drought across the region, it also sparked severe impacts, including rising river waters that have now been flooding for more than a week.
"Weather warnings of dangerous #floodwaters remain in place across the region, with some not expiring until 'further notice.' The floodwaters have endangered livestock, closed roads, and inundated #farmland."
#ExtremeWeather #USWx #ExtremeWx #ExtremeRainfall #Flooding #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
-
#Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening #OceanCirculation, speeding up warming down south
Published: November 18, 2024
"A vast network of ocean currents nicknamed the 'great global ocean conveyor belt' is slowing down. That’s a problem because this vital system redistributes heat around the world, influencing both temperatures and rainfall.
"The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation funnels heat northwards through the Atlantic Ocean and is crucial for controlling climate and marine ecosystems. It’s weaker now than at any other time in the past 1,000 years, and global warming could be to blame. But climate models have struggled to replicate the changes observed to date – until now.
"Our modelling suggests the recent weakening of the oceanic circulation can potentially be explained if meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet and Canadian glaciers is taken into account.
"Our results show the Atlantic overturning circulation is likely to become a third weaker than it was 70 years ago at 2°C of global warming. This would bring big changes to the climate and ecosystems, including faster warming in the southern hemisphere, harsher winters in Europe, and weakening of the northern hemisphere’s tropical monsoons. Our simulations also show such changes are likely to occur much sooner than others had suspected. "
#AMOC #Greenland #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #ArticMelt #ArcticIceMelt #ExtremeWeather #ExtremeRainfall #Ecosystems
-
Tropical Depression 10E:
"Slow-moving Tropical Depression Ten-E will bring very #HeavyRainfall to coastal portions of southern and southwestern #Mexico through the upcoming week. This heavy rainfall will bring a risk of significant #FlashFlooding and mudslides to the Mexican States of #Chiapas and #Oaxaca, particularly in areas near the coast.
"The depression is forecast to become a tropical storm while moving near the coast of southern Mexico on Monday or Tuesday. A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for a portion of the coastline, where tropical storm conditions could begin on Tuesday.
"The system could strengthen more than forecast if it remains over water. Interests along the coast of southern Mexico should monitor the latest forecast updates, as a Hurricane Watch could be required for a portion of the coastline later tonight or on Monday.
"Convection has gradually become better organized today (22 September) in association with an area of low pressure that the NHC has been monitoring off the coast of southern Mexico. A recent scatterometer pass shows the circulation is closed, with a well-defined center and peak winds of about 35 mph (30 knots) over the southern semicircle. Therefore, a new tropical depression has formed in the eastern Pacific basin.
"The depression is nearly stationary, but a slow northeastward drift is expected to begin later tonight. The track forecast is challenging, as there is a large spread in the guidance regarding the potential path of the system. Much of the track guidance shows the system moving generally east-northeastward as it becomes captured within the broader circulation of a developing Central American Gyre. However, a couple of global models (ECMWF and UKMET) instead show a northward drift over the next couple of days. The NHC track forecast favors the first scenario, and generally lies between the simple and corrected consensus aids. However, this track forecast is of low confidence given the large spread in the models, and adjustments will likely be required with future issuances.
"The moist, unstable environment and very warm waters should be conducive for some strengthening of the system during the next couple of days. The NHC intensity forecast lies between the IVCN and HCCA aids, but it should be noted that there are some models indicating the system could reach hurricane strength. While this is not explicitly forecast, it certainly cannot be ruled out given the environmental and oceanic conditions, and interests along the coast of southern Mexico should monitor the latest forecast updates. The peak intensity of the system will be highly dependent on how long the cyclone remains over water before reaching the coast, which is quite uncertain given the track challenges described above.
"Based on this forecast, the government of Mexico has issued a #TropicalStormWatch for the southern coast of Mexico from Punta Maldonado to Salina Cruz."
Forecaster Reinhart. Advisory Number 1. Information provided by the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
https://zoom.earth/storms/10e-2024/#map=precipitation/model=icon
#TD10E #SlowMovingStorms #ExtremeWeather #MexicoWx #ExtremeWx #ExtremeRainfall
-
I wonder if Italian sedans are any more waterproof than American sedans. Or Italian drivers no better than American drivers about hydrolocking their engines in floods. https://www.ilmeteo.it/notizie/meteo-nubifragio-marche-un-forte-temporale-allaga-osimo-in-provincia-di-ancona-il-video-144123 #Flooding #Italy #Osimo #Ancona #ExtremeRainfall #ExtremeWeather
-
Six Killed, Five Missing After Landslide in Sikkim, 1,500 Tourists Left Stranded
After the damage from the landslide, the National Highway 10 is now blocked, thus completely isolating north Sikkim.
#sikkim #mangan #landslides #ExtremeRainfall #SikkimLandslide #NH10 #environment #ExtremeWeatherEvents #ClimateDisasters #ClimateChange #india