“We need to plan for wetter storms going forward, since global warming isn’t going to go away”
Thursday’s research, which is not peer-reviewed, compared peak rainfall rates during the real storm to about 20 different computer scenarios of a model with Hurricane Ian’s characteristics slamming into the Sunshine State in a world with no human-caused climate change.
Forecasters predicted Ian will have dropped up to two feet of rain in parts of Florida by the time it stopped.Nature Communications Ten percent may not sound like a lot, but 10% of 20 inches is two inches, which is a lot of rain, especially on top of the 20 inches that already fell, Reed said.
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