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A picturesque Baja town has been hammered repeatedly by the escalating tempo of flooding from tropical storms.
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Why the frequency of floods now after so many quiet years? “I think it’s global warming,” said Christopher.
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“Before we got here in 1982, there had been two floods on record,” Christopher, a retired Californian and Rotary Club member, told me. “The floods of 1914 and 1955. Then since 2006, we had three floods — almost one every year! I’m starting to get tired of rebuilding the roof and everything else.”
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There is agreement on one issue: excess greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will increase the intensity of storms (in general) and especially rainfall, since warmer conditions allow more water vapor to be sucked from the air. The higher risk of flooding is especially problematic for coastal areas because of storm surge. Researchers analyzing streamflows in large basins and GHG trends conclude that so-called 100-year floods likely will become more frequent.
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