Rain, rain, go away. Come again during the next El Niño or record-hot year! Climate Central’s Multimedia Journalism Fellow, Greta Shum, takes us through the past week in weather and climate news and takes a look at 2015 overall on the Shum Show.
Drought-plagued California is in for considerable rain and snow this week as the impacts of one of the strongest El Niños on record begin to be felt. Those much needed rains, however, come with the potential for flooding and debris flows in areas scorched by wildfires. Unlike earlier storms this season, which mostly affected Northern California
MoreAs Earth warms from the buildup of greenhouse gases, the increase in temperature means more water evaporating into the atmosphere. The increase in evaporation has paradoxical effects. More evaporation can dry out the land more quickly, potentially worsening droughts. However, it also leads to heavier precipitation in the storms that form.
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Winter is supposed to be the dry season in South Florida, but that certainly hasn’t been the case for the past few days, as social media pictures of canoes on flooded roads can attest. With more than 8.5 inches of rain since the beginning of the month, the Miami area has already experienced one of its wettest Decembers. Several locations have set
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Over the next few months, the globe might see an uptick in tropical cyclone activity thanks to an El Niño that is showing signs of asserting itself more forcefully. That doesn’t mean more hurricanes everywhere, though: While El Niño tends to boost activity in the Pacific Ocean, it clamps down on storm formation in the tropical Atlantic. That link
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